Sami

American  

[so-mee] / ˈsɒ mi /

noun

plural

Samis,

plural

Sami

1. a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.

2. any of the languages of the Sami, closely related to Finnish.

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Sami British  

/ ˈsɑːmɪ /

noun

1. a member of the indigenous people of Lapland

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family

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adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language

Usage

The indigenous people of Lapland prefer to be called Sami, although Lapp is still in widespread use

Example Sentences

Sami al-Saei, 46, now works in a furniture shop, but he used to be a freelance journalist in the town of Tulkarm, in the north of the occupied West Bank.

From BBC

Sami told June that sharing the story is part of the healing.

From Los Angeles Times

She described the last few months as extremely difficult as she had to tell her three children Summer, 16, Sami, 22, and Finley, 20, that this Christmas could well be her last.

From BBC

The alleged shooter fought for eight years in a CIA-backed unit in Afghanistan known as the Zero Units, according to Sami Sadat, a former commander of the Afghan Army’s special forces.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We have moved from using 15 pots in the past, and now we increased to up to 120 pots in a day, targeting more than 30 internally displaced people's camps," says team leader Sami Matar.

From BBC