Ceylonese

[ see-luh-neez, -nees, sey- ]

/ ˌsi ləˈniz, -ˈnis, ˌseɪ- /

of or relating to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), its people, or their language.

a native or inhabitant of Ceylon.

Origin of Ceylonese

First recorded in 1790–1800; Ceylon + -ese

pro-Cey·lo·nese, adjective, noun, plural pro-Cey·lo·nese.

Ceratophora and Lyriocephalus scutatus, the latter remarkable for its chameleon-like appearance, are Ceylonese.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 |Various
For the Ceylonese legend is this, that once in every hundred years an angel visits this granite pillar.

Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers |Thomas De Quincey
The Laplander clothes his body in warm furs, the Ceylonese in a scanty vesture of thin cotton.

The Senses and The Mind |Anonymous
But strange indeed, where every thing seems strange, is the arrangement of this Ceylonese territory and people.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 |Various

Entire packs of Ceylonese species will, at the slightest alarm, become invisible by crouching on a palm-tree.

The Human Side of Animals |Royal Dixon

Ceylonese

/ (ˌsɛləˈniːz, ˌsiːlə-) /

of or relating to Ceylon or its inhabitants