Lapp
noun
Sami.
Lapps
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pluralof Lapp.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Formerly known as the Lapps, the Sami are believed to have originated in Central Asia and settled with their reindeer herds in Arctic Europe around 9,000 years ago.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
Raising herds of reindeer is almost the sole business of nomad Lapps.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Survivors of the Ice Age," the first of a two-part look at the Lapps, Europe's far-northern nomads.
From Time Magazine Archive
Life among the Swedish Lapps who roam the tundras above the Arctic Circle was a dolorous affair a century ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some other Eurasian societies, notably the Central Asian pastoralists and the reindeer-herding Lapps and Samoyeds of the Arctic, had domestic animals but little or no agriculture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
