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Ceylonese   Listen
noun
Ceylonese  n.  A native or natives of Ceylon; since the change of name, replaced by Sri Lankan.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ceylonese" Quotes from Famous Books



... different parts of Australia agree on this head. Mr. Winwood Reade has observed this expression with the negroes on the Guinea coast. The chief Gaika and others answer yes to my query with respect to the Kafirs of South Africa; and so do others emphatically with reference to the Abyssinians, Ceylonese, Chinese, Fuegians, various tribes of North America, and New Zealanders. With the latter, Mr. Stack states that the expression is more plainly shown by certain individuals than by others, though all endeavour as much as possible to ...
— The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Ceylonese" :   Sri Lankan



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