Lapland

[lap-land]

noun

1. a region in northern Norway, northern Sweden, northern Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of the northwestern Russian Federation in Europe: inhabited by the Sami.

Lapland

/ ˈlæpˌlænd /

noun

1. Also called (informal): Land of the Midnight Sun. an extensive region of N Europe, mainly within the Arctic Circle: consists of the N parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of the extreme NW of Russia

Sensitive Note

See Lapp.

Example Sentences

Several other weather stations across Lapland have registered their longest ever heatwaves since records began.

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Mrs O'Neil and her husband Wayne had spent their savings on the Lapland trip for their son Finn, who is now eight.

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In the end, the women discovered there was no Lapland trip and no women's refuge - although they had given Cookes donations of food, clothes and money.

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A family who spent their life savings on a holiday to Lapland were left "stressed and disappointed" after the tour operator failed to cancel their trip due to a lack of snow.

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In December 2020, the team announced plans to test their platform in the Lapland region of northern Sweden, where they partnered with the Swedish Space Corporation.

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