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dissava|dɪˈsɑːvə|
Also dissauva, dissave, dissuava.
[Sinhalese disāwa.]
A governor of a district of Ceylon.
1681R. Knox Hist. Rel. Ceylon 35 He gives order to his Dissava's or Governors of the Countreys to..choose out Boyes. Ibid. 50 Next under the Adigars, are the Dissauva's. 1720Defoe Capt. Singleton 294 The King of the Country..sent down a Dissuava, or General, with an Army. 1803R. Percival Ceylon 258 The Dissauvas, as long as they hold their office, are allowed by the king a certain portion of land for their services. 1859Sir J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. 91 The dissave of Oovah..placed himself at the head of the insurgents. |