First Known Use: 1820
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Balinese
noun Ba·li·nese \ˌbä-li-ˈnēz, ˌba-, -ˈnēs\
Definition of BALINESE
1
: a native or inhabitant of Bali
2
: any of a breed of slender longhaired cats that originated as a spontaneous mutation of the Siamese
— Balinese adjective
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Origin of BALINESE
Dutch Balinees, from Bali island of Indonesia
Rhymes with BALINESE
Ambonese, Androcles, Annamese, antifreeze, Assamese, Bengalese, Bhutanese, Bolognese, Brooklynese, Cantonese, Cervantes, Ceylonese, Chersonese, Congolese, cottage cheese, diocese, expertise, Faeroese, federalese, fifth disease, Genovese, gourmandise, Hebrides, Heracles, Hercules, Hyades, ill at ease, in a breeze, Japanese, Javanese, Johnsonese, journalese, Kanarese, legalese, litotes, manganese, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, overseas, Pekingese, Pericles, Pleiades, Portuguese, Pyrenees, shoot the breeze, Siamese, Sienese, Silures, Sinhalese, Socrates, Sophocles, Sporades, to one's knees
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