Sami

[ so-mee ]

noun

, plural Sa·mis, (especially collectively) Sa·mi

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.

Sami

/ ˈsɑːmɪ /

noun

1. -mi-mis a member of the indigenous people of Lapland
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family

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

This article was reported and written by Sami Yousafzai with additional material and editing by Christopher Dickey.

From The Daily Beast

SAMI consists of 13 bundles of fiber-optic cables, each containing 60 or more fibers in what the researchers call “hexabundles.”

From The Daily Beast

With that task accomplished, the SAMI team can get to work on the task of galactic demographics in earnest.

From The Daily Beast

“It has been a great pleasure and honor for me to work with Ron for such a long time,” Sami wrote this afternoon from Pakistan.

From The Daily Beast

Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai report on the alleged corruption.

From The Daily Beast

This is the Sami tree, which hath got but a single leaf, and this is a most excellent lake.

From Project Gutenberg

Mahmoud Sami Pasha, unlike his associates, was not a fellah, but of Turkish descent.

From Project Gutenberg

Mahmoud Sami had arranged that the petitions from all the provinces should be brought to the Commissioner by deputation.

From Project Gutenberg

Suleiman Sami was subsequently convicted and hanged at Alexandria on 9th June, 1883.

From Project Gutenberg

Then we anchored before Konfida, and met Sami Bey, who is still with us.

From Project Gutenberg