Lappish

Variant of Lapp

Lapp definition

Lapp (lap)

noun

  1. a member of a people living in Lapland
    also Laplander Lap′·land′er
  2. the Finnic language of this people
    also Lappish Lap′·pish

Etymology: Swed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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