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LAPPLANDER

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Overview

LAPPLANDER (noun)
  The noun LAPPLANDER has 1 sense:

1. a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeerplay

  Familiarity information: LAPPLANDER used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LAPPLANDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lapp; Lapplander; Saame; Saami; Same; Sami

Hypernyms ("Lapplander" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Lapplander" is a member of...):

Lapland; Lappland (a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps)

Derivation:

Lappland (a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps)


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