Lapp
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Lapp/lap/
▶noun
- 1 a member of an indigenous people of the extreme north of Scandinavia.
- 2 the Finno-Ugric language of the Lapps.
– origin Swed., perh. orig. a term of contempt and rel. to Mid. High Ger. lappe ‘simpleton’.
usage: Although the term Lapp is widely used and is the most familiar term to many people, the people themselves prefer to be called Sami.
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