Sentinelese
/ˌsɛntɪnəˈliːz/
Sentinelese noun: a member of an indigenous people of the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal. They inhabit North Sentinel Island.
Noun
Sentinelese (plural Sentineleses or Sentinelese)
- A member of an indigenous people of the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal. They inhabit North Sentinel Island.
- Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, made the illegal voyage to North Sentinel Island, home to the enigmatic Sentinelese tribe, on March 29, Indian police told CNN.2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2025
Proper noun
Sentinelese
- The language of these people, unknown but presumed to belong to one of the Andamanese language families.
Sentinelese meaning in Tamil
Sentinelese in Tamil
- inhabitant of North Sentinel Island
- சென்டினல் மகன் ceṉṭiṉal makaṉ, சென்டினல் மகள் ceṉṭiṉal makaḷ, சென்டினல் மக்கள் ceṉṭiṉal makkaḷ
Forms of Sentinelese
| plural | Sentineleses |
|---|---|
| plural | Sentinelese |
Origin of Sentinelese
From Sentinel + -ese.
Words that rhyme with Sentinelese
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- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
Questions about Sentinelese
- What does Sentinelese mean?
- Sentinelese means a member of an indigenous people of the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal. They inhabit North Sentinel Island.
- What is Sentinelese in Tamil?
- Sentinelese in Tamil is சென்டினல் மகன் (ceṉṭiṉal makaṉ), சென்டினல் மகள் (ceṉṭiṉal makaḷ), சென்டினல் மக்கள் (ceṉṭiṉal makkaḷ). See Sentinelese meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Sentinelese?
- Sentinelese can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Sentinelese?
- Sentinelese is pronounced /ˌsɛntɪnəˈliːz/.
- What is the plural of Sentinelese?
- The plural of Sentinelese is Sentineleses.
Words near Sentinelese in the dictionary
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