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Sami

Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːmi/

The English word “Sami” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

proper noun

  1. The Sami people, collectively.
  2. Any of the languages of the Sami people.

adjective

  1. Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.

Etymology

From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ (“land”). Displaced native Old English Finn (the direct descendant is Finn (“person from Finland”)). More at Sápmi and Sami.

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