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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSami
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sami
"Os Sami habitam as regiões do norte da Europa."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia.
"The Sami have a rich cultural heritage deeply connected to reindeer herding and traditional joik singing." - 2
The Uralic language spoken by the Sami people, comprising several distinct dialects.
"Northern Sami is the most widely spoken variety of the language."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the indigenous Uralic endonym 'Sámi' (or 'Sámis'), referring to the people inhabiting Sápmi in northern Fennoscandia. Historically referred to in Germanic languages as 'Lapps', the term Sami has gained widespread international recognition through linguistic and cultural self-determination movements in the 20th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sami" is said worldwide
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Same
Transliteration: sam
"Les Samis vivent traditionnellement dans le nord de l'Europe."
Sami
Transliteration: zami
"Die Kultur der Sami ist eng mit der Natur verbunden."
Sami
Transliteration: sami
"Il popolo Sami abita le regioni artiche dell'Europa."
Sami
Transliteration: sami
"El pueblo sami es originario de Laponia."
Sami
Transliteration: sami
"Os Sami habitam as regiões do norte da Europa."
सामी लोग
Transliteration: sami log
Script: सामी
"सामी लोगउत्तरी यूरोप के मूल निवासी हैं।"
萨米人
Transliteration: sà mǐ rén
"萨米人是北欧的原住民族。"
사미족
Transliteration: samijok
"사미족은 북유럽의 원주민이다."
サーミ人
Transliteration: sāmi-jin
"サーミ人は北欧の先住民族です。"
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