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Pages in category "Sinhalese feminine given names" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Sinhalese masculine given names" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Sinhalese given names" The following 135 pages are in this category, out of 135 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abhaya; Akila;
Pages in category "Sinhalese names" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Sinhalese names usually consists of three parts. The first part is the patronymic name (family name) of the father, ancestor name or 'house name', which often has the suffix ‘-ge’ at the end of it, this is known as the 'Ge' name (ge meaning house in Sinhalese). The second part is the personal name (given name) and the third part is the ...
The Sinhala Hound is a landrace of dog from Sri Lanka. The Sinhala Hound is a native dog found throughout Sri Lanka, often living in a semi-wild state scavenging for food. [ 1 ] According to a native legend, when Prince Vijaya first set foot on Sri Lanka in the 6th century BC , he was greeted by the barking of dogs; the Mahāvaṃsa mentions ...
The names Serendip, Seren-dip, Sarandib or Sarandīp are Persian and Arab [4] or Hindustani [36] names for Sri Lanka suggested to have been derived from the words Sinhala-dvipa (Sinhala Isle, dvipa or dipa means Island), or Suvarna-dvipa meaning "golden-isle". [36] Another proposal suggested the Tamil Cheran (a Tamil tribe) and tivu (island) as ...
Sri Lankan Malays are primarily of Javanese, [7] Ambonese, [7] Bandanese, [7] Balinese, [7] Madurese, [7] Malay, [7] Bugis, [7] and Peranakan Chinese [8] descent. They number approximately 40,000 and make up 0.2% of the Sri Lankan population, making them the fourth largest of the five main ethnic groups in the country.