1. Of an ethnic group native to Sri Lanka
   - Singhalese
    
2. The Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
   - Singhalese, Sinhala, Singhalese language, Sinhala language, Sinhalese language

1. Of or relating to the Sinhalese people
   "The Sinhalese are the main ethnic group of Sri Lanka";
   - Singhalese
    
2. Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages
   "the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana";
   - Sinhala, Singhalese

Derived forms: Sinhaleses

Type of: Asian, Asiatic, Sanskrit, Sanskrit language, Sanskritic language

Part of: Ceylon [archaic], Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Encyclopedia: Sinhalese