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Lapland

Lapland

English

Alternative forms

Lappland

Proper noun

Lapland

The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people.

Synonyms

Sápmi
Samiland
Saamiland

Translations

region in Scandinavia

Arabic: لَابِّـيّ ‎(labbiyy)
Armenian: Լապլանդիա ‎(Laplandia)
Catalan: Lapònia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拉普蘭 (zh), 拉普兰 (zh) ‎(Lāpǔlán)
Czech: Laponsko (cs) n
Danish: Lapland
Dutch: Lapland (nl)
Esperanto: Sameio
Estonian: Lapimaa (et)
Faroese: Lappland n, Sámaland n
Finnish: Lappi (fi)
French: Laponie (fr) f
German: Lappland (de) n
Hungarian: Lappföld (hu)
Icelandic: Lappland n
Inari Sami: Säämi
Italian: Lapponia f
Japanese: ラップランド ‎(Rappurando)

Kildin Sami: Са̄мь е̄ммьне ‎(Sāmʹ jēmmʹnje)
Korean: 사프미 ‎(Rapeullandeu), 사프미 ‎(Sapeumi)
Kurdish: Laponya (ku) f
Latin: Fenni, Laponia f (since 13th century)
Latvian: Lapzeme f
Lithuanian: Laplandija f
Lule Sami: Sábme
Macedonian: Лапонија f ‎(Lapónija)
Northern Sami: Sápmi
Norwegian: Finnmark (no), Lappland n, Sameland
Polish: Laponia (pl) f
Portuguese: Lapônia (pt) f, Lapónia (pt) f
Russian: Лапла́ндия (ru) f ‎(Laplándija)
Skolt Sami: Sääʹmjânnam
Southern Sami: Saemie
Spanish: Laponia
Swedish: Lappland (sv) n, Sameland

Derived terms

Laplandic