Sámi

A form of Sami — A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

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Meanings

nounSámi (plural Sámi or Sámis)

plural Sámis

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Sami.

    The taiga is anything but pristine wilderness: It is an inhabited landscape where the indigenous Sámi and their reindeer have lived ever since the ice retreated 10,000 years ago.

    2013 March 28, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2016, page 98
proper nounSámi (plural Sámis)

plural Sámis

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Sami.
adjectiveSámi (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of Sami.
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APA

Sámi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/S%C3%A1mi

MLA

“Sámi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/S%C3%A1mi. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sámi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/S%C3%A1mi.

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