The people are called Singhalese, but more generally. From Wordnik.com. [Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East] Reference
Singhalese name of this disciple, is more pronounceable. From Wordnik.com. [A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms] Reference
The Singhalese make a kind of candles with it, and use it for culinary purposes. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
The death of LTTE is not the solution to bring peace among the Singhalese and Tamilians. From Wordnik.com. [Endgame for LTTE] Reference
Singhalese authority that Sakyamuni resided here during the ninth year of his Buddhaship. From Wordnik.com. [A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms] Reference
The McKelveys gave him a Singhalese dinner, and Miss Elnora Pearl Bates, society editor of the. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
Sri Lanka is 68% Singhalese people, that influence all the Catholics and the majority is Buddhist. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
They have every right to be in Sri Lanka as the Singhalese who one could say are equally immigrants. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The people were always courteous, and my Singhalese escort held long conversations in every kampong. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the way thither] Reference
In the time of his predecessor, Upatissa (A.D. 368-410), the pitakas were first translated into Singhalese. From Wordnik.com. [A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline] Reference
You have known the Singhalese president for a long time and your relations are those of reciprocal esteem …. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
And she works daily side-by-side with her Singhalese assistant, who "is very easy to love," Hiranthi Siriwardene. From Wordnik.com. [A Wise Investment: From the Haitian Earthquake to Schools in Sri Lanka] Reference
Many Tamil officials in the administration had to resign because of their unawareness to the Singhalese language. From Wordnik.com. [Endgame for LTTE] Reference
Perak, the Singhalese said, “A few months ago they would have been firing at us from both sides of the river.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Chersonese and the way thither] Reference
Even the Singhalese and Burghers are not yet generally up from their beds, though those who work at the wharves have appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World in Ten Days] Reference
‘Sinhala only’ act also caused a stir in the nation for implementing Singhalese as national and official language of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Endgame for LTTE] Reference
I saw cues of trucks outside the authorities here get donated by the Singhalese people in the south and I felt very heartened by that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2005] Reference
To succeed in doing so, it is necessary to try to reconstruct the harmony between the two ethnic groups, the Singhalese and the Tamil. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
Hardy (M. B., p. 356) quotes a statement from a Singhalese authority that Sakyamuni resided here during the ninth year of his Buddhaship. From Wordnik.com. [A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline] Reference
The latter are the Highlanders, while the Singhalese are the. From Wordnik.com. [My First Voyage to Southern Seas] Reference
A Singhalese jeweller is showing his rubies and cat's-eyes to. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines] Reference
Immortality; it is the hill-encompassed Ilá of the Singhalese and. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantis : the antediluvian world] Reference
Singhalese are even now inscribed on silver plates, particularised by. From Wordnik.com. [My First Voyage to Southern Seas] Reference
Singhalese, for the sale of all sorts of commodities to the country people. From Wordnik.com. [My First Voyage to Southern Seas] Reference
The world's best (8): Singhalese Hotelier H.V. in conversation with Hasan Cobanli. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Taiwan to include tobacco in film rating scheme] Reference
Non violent agitation by Tamils for over 35 years was brutally crushed by the Singhalese. From Wordnik.com. [Kottu] Reference
Of these about eighty are in Sanskrit, 150 in Elu or Singhalese, and the remainder in Pali. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
These copies were translated at his suggestion from Pâli into modern Singhalese and thence into English. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion] Reference
Among the Singhalese it consists of a piece of cloth wound round the middle, which hangs down to the knees. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
Remedy for Dispossession: There is a huge number of Singhalese and Muslims expelled by LTTE from the North and East area. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Stories] Reference
Graphic, there is in Berlin a Singhalese who baffles all investigations by physicians by the impenetrability of his skin. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
During this journey I had as my travelling companion a Singhalese, whom it was a special pleasure to see at close quarters. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
Mahrattas of the west coast, the Singhalese of the extreme south, the Tamils of the east, and the Bengalis of the north-east. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
The Tamils, before the armed rebellion started, had been subjected to repeated racial attacks by the Singhalese mobs and armed forces. From Wordnik.com. [Kottu] Reference
We Sri Lankan have short memory span (I'm only a Singhalese not a SL) do not like to mix Military styles and civilian's politics together. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Stories] Reference
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