Sikkimeseadj.n.
/sɪkɪˈmiːz/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to Sikkim, a country in the eastern Himalayas.
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Nepalian1785
Nepalese1819
Sikkimese1861
Bhutanese1880
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1884
1861 J. C. Gawler Dispatch 15 Feb. in H. St. G. M. Mcrea Regimental Hist. 45th Rattray's Sikhs (1933) I. 149 Captain Impey's column surprised the Sikkimese camp at Temi.
1960 ‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer i. 10 Sikkimese metalwork and Kashmiri brocades.
1973 Times 12 Apr. 8/7 The Bhutia-Lepchas and the Sikkimese Nepalis have, however, parity in the State Council.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of Sikkim; collective the people of Sikkim.
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Malabar1582
Gujaratic1607
Bengalan1613
Goan1652
Hindustan1662
Macassar1665
Gangetic1677
Malabarian1709
Mysorean1761
Bengalese1778
Assamese1794
Hindustani1813
Marwari1815
Sindhi1815
mofussilite1828
Mizo1832
Goanese1835
Punjabi1843
Bengali1848
Sindian1849
Madrasi1851
Toda1851
Hindia1853
Lushai1862
Kashmirian1876
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1882
Konkani1885
ditcher1886
Ladakhi1893
Bihari1897
Sikkimese1938
Rajasthani1947
Maharashtrian1953
1938 G. Gorer Himalayan Village i. 36 During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the Lepchas fought with the Sikkimese against the continued invasions of the Nepali and Bhutanese.
1955 Times 3 June 7/3 The devout Sikkimese who asked that no human foot should profane the final high places that their faith holds sacred.
1978 C. Humphreys Both Sides of Circle xx. 212 The inhabitants were a blend of Lepcha, Bhutia and other races besides the native Sikkimese.
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