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SAAME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Saame mean?
• SAAME (noun)
The noun SAAME has 2 senses:
1. a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
2. the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
Familiarity information: SAAME used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Saame" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Holonyms ("Saame" is a member of...):
Lapland; Lappland (a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Lapp; Saame; Saami; Same; Sami
Hypernyms ("Saame" is a kind of...):
Lappic; Lappish (any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages)
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