n., pl., Sami, or -mis, or Saami, or -mis. In both senses also called Lapp.
- A member of a people of nomadic herding tradition inhabiting Lapland.
- Any of the Finnic languages of the Sami.
[Sami, from earlier Sabme, probably akin to Finnish Suomi, Finn, Finnish.]
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