Associations to the word «Lapp»

Wiktionary

LAPP, noun. (countable) An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.
LAPP, noun. (uncountable) The language of the Lapp peoples.
LAPP, adjective. From Lapland or of the Lapp peoples

Dictionary definition

LAPP, noun. A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer.
LAPP, noun. The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.

Wise words

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