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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Sami Corwin, who covers biotech for William Blair, was doing a routine check of clinical trials last week when she saw that a slate of studies testing therapies in autoimmune diseases had gone dark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Sami is an IT manager, chauffeur and ticket reseller in addition to his social-media-influencer aspirations, which seem to be built around his proximity to famous faces.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Sami Lapinniemi, production supervisor at Lapland Safaris, said that many visitors have opted to try both.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"As an American of Egyptian descent, I felt every minute of this," Sami Elmansoury, 41, told me.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
High school seniors now solely referred to me as "Little Sami," and I wore the nickname like a badge of honor.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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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