lapp

4 definitions found

lapp - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Laplander \Lap"land*er\, n.
     A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.
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  Lapp \Lapp\ (l[a^]p), n.
     Same as Laplander. Cf. Lapps.
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  Lapps \Lapps\, n. pl.; sing. Lapp. (Ethnol.)
     A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern
     parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.
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lapp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Lapp
      n 1: a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern
           Scandinavia and herding reindeer [syn: Lapp,
           Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame]
      2: the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the
         Kola Peninsula [syn: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same,
         Saame]