Sami

Meaning

Noun

A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

Name

1. The Sami people, collectively.
2. Any of the languages of the Sami people.

Adj

Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.

Name

A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiyah.

Name

A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.

Synonyms

Saami

Lapp

Same

Saame

Laplander

Sámi

Lappish

Lapplander

Lapps

seed

Laplanders

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɑːmi/

Etymology

From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.