Nepalese
nounEtymology From Nepal + -ese.
1
In plural A person from Nepal or of Nepalese descent.
Nepalese
adjUK /nɛ.pəˈliːz/
Etymology From Nepal + -ese.
1
Of, from, or pertaining to Nepal, the Nepalese people or the Nepalese language.
- All the towns have small teahouses where you can get tea, sometimes chapatis (a flat flour and water bread similar to tortillas), sometimes eggs, and dahl baat (rice, beans and curried vegetables, the standard Nepalese meal).1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 8:
- Derived terms
- Nepalese English, Nepaleseness