Sami
Americannoun
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Samis,
plural
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Sami
plural
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a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
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any of the languages of the Sami, closely related to Finnish.
noun
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a member of the indigenous people of Lapland
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the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family
adjective
Usage
The indigenous people of Lapland prefer to be called Sami, although Lapp is still in widespread use
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One showed a trail of lights linking the holy Muslim sites of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem accompanied by a nationalist, 19th-century Arabic poem by Egyptian poet Mahmoud Sami al-Baroudi:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
In December 2025, a Finnish a truth and reconciliation commission called on Finland to rectify injustices committed against the indigenous Sami people.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Sami Mokbel: This will be a key theme to watch over the next three weeks.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
BBC Sport senior football correspondent Sami Mokbel, journalist Jess Anderson and BBC Radio 5 Live's John Murray go through the big questions facing Tuchel.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Sami was going to live at their aunt's house, but Rafik and Liyana worried she might forget to feed him.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
When Chicago-based investment firm Walton Street Capital bought Smith Tower and the Florence Building from the Seattle-based nonprofit organization Samis Foundation in 2006, the company planned to convert a portion of the tower to condos.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
To learn more about sending your child to Jewish day school and find out if you are eligible for a Day School Affordability Initiative grant, check out Samis website today.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
To increase accessibility and participation in high-quality experiential Jewish education for youth in Washington state, in 2022 the Samis Foundation launched their Day School Affordability Initiative.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
Many Samis would be classified as “white” in an American context, while others would be considered “Eurasian.”
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2019
I feel it that Skolt Samis are moving forward.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2019
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