Lapp Definition

lăp
noun
A Sami.
American Heritage
A member of a people living in Lapland.
Webster's New World
The Finnic language of this people.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective

From 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"
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Other Word Forms of Lapp

Noun

Singular:
Lapp
Plural:
lapps

Origin of Lapp

  • From Swedish lapp. This in turn originally possibly an extension of the meaning "patch" (in reference to poorness), or from Finnish lape (“periphery") (in reference to geography).

    From Wiktionary

  • Swedish from Old Swedish lapper piece perhaps of Finnish origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lapp Sentence Examples

  • At Haparanda and Mattisudden in Norbotten there are special institutions for teachers for the Finnish and Lapp population respectively.

  • Farther up, at the head of Langasjaur, is the Stora Sjofall (great lake fall; Lapp, Atna Muorki Kartje), a fall of 130 ft.

  • Lapp is almost certainly a nickname imposed by foreigners, although some of the Lapps apply it contemptuously to those of their countrymen whom they think to be less civilized than themselves.'

  • In the wandering life of the mountain Lapp his autumn residence, on the borders of the forest district, may be considered as the central point; it is there that he erects his njalla, a small wooden storehouse raised high above the ground by one or more piles.

  • From the mountain Lapp the forest (or, as he used to be called, the spruce-fir) Lapp is mainly distinguished by the narrower limits within which he pursues his nomadic life.

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Words Starting With

LLALAP

Words Ending With

PPPAPP

Unscrambles

Lapp

Words Starting With L and Ending With P

Starts With L & Ends With PStarts With LA & Ends With PStarts With L & Ends With PP

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With L4 Letter Words Ending With P