Assertion: asiatic lion | /r/HasProperty | symbolic
Facets:
value: for the sinhalese
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Farther south on the Indian subcontinent, the Asiatic lion is symbolic for the Sinhalese, Sri Lanka's ethnic majority; the term derived from the Indo-Aryan Sinhala, meaning the "lion people" or "people with lion blood", while a sword-wielding lion is the central figure on the national flag of Sri Lanka.