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Ceylonese

ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture
    Sri Lankan forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels
    Sri Lankan beaches

How To Use Ceylonese In A Sentence

  • They have long enjoyed the uses of political power and hark back to a past when they were the rousing nationalist force behind Ceylonese kings. Buddha’s Savage Peace
  • Assuming a look of bland courtesy, Jane led the way toward a separate room at the far end of the cadjan dominated by a long table where several young Ceylonese women were busily working. A Covert Affair
  • “The funny mistress of five or six accents,” Jane regaled them all with the story of her dinner party, successively taking the part of a lecherous old Oxonian who was trying to pinch her bottom, a drunk Ceylonese official, and a dry old colonial widow with a lorgnette. A Covert Affair
  • Its people may be referred to as Ceylonese n. or adj. or Sri Lankans. Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage
  • She caught a ride with them in a jeep to their camp, which was located only six miles outside Kandy but ended up being a bumpy, half-hour trip on narrow, crowded roads full of Ceylonese drivers devoid of traffic sense. A Covert Affair
  • Assuming a look of bland courtesy, Jane led the way toward a separate room at the far end of the cadjan dominated by a long table where several young Ceylonese women were busily working. A Covert Affair
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