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SAAMI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saami mean? 

SAAMI (noun)
  The noun SAAMI has 2 senses:

1. a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeerplay

2. the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsulaplay

  Familiarity information: SAAMI used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAAMI (noun)


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 ("Saami" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Saami" 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 ("Saami" 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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