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
As far as Swedish Lapps are concerned, they specialize in Botany and use the Latin names for many plants.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he was already being equipped for man's estate: from the mountain Lapps he had a gift of a shield, and from Cousin Count Folke Bernadotte he had a pair of gold cuff links.
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
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
