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.
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1. The Sinhalese army fenced it in with barbed wire and bombed it.
僧伽罗人的军队用带刺铁丝网将其围个水泄不通,尔后再大举轰炸.
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2. Ethnic Composition: a mixture of Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab and Black.
民族: (斯里兰卡)僧伽罗人 、 (印度的)达罗毗荼人 、 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.
结束了长达 26年 的内战,斯里兰卡的僧伽罗族人也同样高兴.
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4. Mr Prabhakaran declared the election a Sinhalese affair, not for independence - seeking Tamils.
Prabhakaran先生宣布选举是锡兰人的事情, 而不是寻求独立的泰米尔人的.
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5. For their part , the Sinhalese need to understand that this is so.
