Balinese

Ba·li·nese

noun \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

Origin of BALINESE

Dutch Balinees, from Bali island of Indonesia

First Known Use: 1820

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