Laplander


[lap] /læp/

noun
1.
Also called Laplander
[lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
2.
Also called Lappish. any of the languages of the Lapps, closely related to Finnish.
/ˈlæpˌlændə/
noun
1.
a native or inhabitant of Lapland
/læp/
noun
1.
a member of a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family
adjective
3.
of or relating to this people or their language

1859; see Lapland.

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