Lapp

1859; see Lapland. Related: Lappish.

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northernmost part of the Scandinavian peninsula, 1570s, from Lapp, the Swedish name for this Finnic people (their name for themselves was Sabme), which probably originally was an insulting coinage (compare Middle High German lappe "simpleton"). "Formerly, the fabled home of witches and magicians, who had power to send winds and tempests" [OED]. Related: Laplander.

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Lapp (n.)

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

Synonyms: Lapplander / Sami / Saami / Same / Saame

Lapp (n.)

the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula;

Synonyms: Sami / Saami / Same / Saame

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