also Singhalese, "pertaining to Sri Lanka," 1797, from Sanskrit Sinhala "Sri Lanka, Ceylon," from simhala-, literally "of lions," from simhah "lion." As the name of a language spoken there, it is attested from 1801.
雙語例句
1. The Sinhalese army fenced it in with barbed wire and bombed it.
僧伽羅人的軍隊用帶刺鐵絲網(wǎng)將其圍個水泄不通,爾后再大舉轟炸.
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2. Ethnic Composition: a mixture of Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab and Black.
民族: (斯里蘭卡)僧伽羅人 、 (印度的)達羅毗荼人 、 阿拉伯人和黑人的混合民族.
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3. So too are Sri Lanka's Sinhalese majority , after a 26 - year civil war.
結(jié)束了長達 26年 的內(nèi)戰(zhàn),斯里蘭卡的僧伽羅族人也同樣高興.
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4. Mr Prabhakaran declared the election a Sinhalese affair, not for independence - seeking Tamils.
Prabhakaran先生宣布選舉是錫蘭人的事情, 而不是尋求獨立的泰米爾人的.
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5. For their part , the Sinhalese need to understand that this is so.