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Sami definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer [syn: Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame]
2: the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula [syn: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame]

Merriam Webster's

also Saami noun (plural Sami or Samis; also Saami or Saamis) Etymology: of Sami origin; akin to North Sami sápmi, genitive sámi the Sami homeland, language, or way of life Date: 1842 1. a member of a people of northern Scandinavia, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of northern Russia who are traditionally fishermen, nomadic herders of caribou, and hunters of sea mammals 2. any or all of the closely related Finno-Ugric languages of the Sami people

Britannica Concise

Descendants of ancient nomadic peoples who inhabited N Scandinavia. They may be Paleo-Siberian or alpine peoples from central Europe. Reindeer hunting was the basis of their life from earliest times; herding was the basis of their economy until recently. They became nomadic a few centuries ago. The three Sami languages, mutually unintelligible, are sometimes considered dialects of one language of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic family. Today they number about 30,000.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A Sami is a member of a people living mainly in northern Scandinavia. The Sami have strong views on environmental matters. = Lapp N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sa'-mi: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) SABI (which see).