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Cingalese

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Cin`ga`lese´
n. sing. &1.A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants
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This munificent charity from the man of the waters to the poor Cingalese was accepted with a trembling hand.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
(as we are assured by the "Floriste Francaise," the most highly considered authority in matters relating to this flower) is the first word in the Cingalese tongue which was ever used to designate that masterpiece of floriculture which is now called the tulip.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
When the tourist season was over, the steamer ran between London and Australia, stopping at Ceylon, and there Olsen sold the ivory to a Cingalese jeweller for two imitation sapphires.
The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
 
 
 
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