Lapp

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noun

An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.

“Lapp Gold - translation of the Finnish beer brand Lapin Kulta which can also be variously translated as "Gold from Lapland", "Lapland Gold" and hence "Lapp Gold"”

Similar
LappicLappishLapplanderSamiSaamiSameSaameSaame language
OriginSwedish lapp →
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Meanings

Lapp1

nounLapp (plural Lapps or Lapp)

plural Lapps

  1. datedoffensivesometimesAn indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.
proper noun
  1. The language of the Lapp peoples.

    Synonyms: Lappic, Lappish

adjectiveLapp (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFrom Lapland or of the Lapp peoples

    Lapp Gold - translation of the Finnish beer brand Lapin Kulta which can also be variously translated as "Gold from Lapland", "Lapland Gold" and hence "Lapp Gold"

LAPP2

proper noun
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Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe language of the Lapp peoples.

Similar
LappicLappish

More synonyms by meaning

nouna member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer

Similar
LapplanderSamiSaamiSameSaame
Broader
European

nounthe language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

Similar
SamiSaamiSameSaameSaame languageSami languageSaami languageLapp languageSame language
Broader
LappicLappishLappic language
Also see
lappicsamesami

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Swedishlapp
  2. EnglishLapp

From Swedish lapp, possibly of Finnish origin. Compare Finnish Lappi.

More words from Swedish

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Czech Laponec, laponský
  • Laponecperson — see also Sami
  • laponskýfrom Lapland
Finnish saamelainen, lappalainen
  • saamelainenperson — see also Sami
  • lappalainenperson — see also Sami
  • saamelanguage — see also Sami
  • saamen kielilanguage — see also Sami
  • lappalaiskielilanguage — see also Sami
  • lappilainenfrom Lapland
  • lappalainenfrom Lapland
German Lappe, Lappisch
  • Lappeperson — see also Sami
  • Lappischlanguage — see also Sami
Hungarian lapp, lapp
  • lappperson — see also Sami
  • lapplanguage — see also Sami
  • lappfrom Lapland
Irish Sámach, Laplannach
  • Sámachperson — see also Sami
  • Laplannachperson — see also Sami
  • Sáimislanguage — see also Sami
  • Laplainnislanguage — see also Sami
  • Sámachfrom Lapland
  • Laplannachfrom Lapland
Polish Lapończyk, Laponka
  • Lapończykperson — see also Sami
  • Laponkaperson — see also Sami
  • język lapońskilanguage — see also Sami
  • lapońskifrom Lapland
Russian лопарь
  • лопарь (loparʹ)person — see also Sami
Swedish same, lapp
  • sameperson — see also Sami
  • lappperson — see also Sami
  • samiskalanguage — see also Sami
  • lapskalanguage — see also Sami
  • lappländskfrom Lapland

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

palpplap
Cite this entry
APA

Lapp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lapp

MLA

“Lapp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lapp. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lapp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lapp.

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