Sami
Americannoun
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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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Those are small figures compared to the hundreds of millions shipped by sector giants, but enough to keep the company profitable, according to chief executive Sami Pienimaki.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
Liverpool had gone 2-0 up early on with goals from Sami Hyypia and Christian Ziege, but Mark Viduka scored either side of half-time to drag Leeds level.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025
Did they also help you find real-life Holocaust survivors — like Sami Steigmann —that you cast as support group members?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
She described the last few months as extremely difficult as she had to tell her three children Summer, 16, Sami, 22, and Finley, 20, that this Christmas could well be her last.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
She closed her notebook as Sami ran toward them with a lizard in his mouth.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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