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# sami

«sami» in Mova's school dictionary: **an Indigenous people of the far north of Norway, Sweden…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (the Sami, a Sami, Sami); adjective (Sami); also spelled Sámi or Saami

### meaning for a pupil

1) The Sami are an Indigenous people of the far north of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, an area called Sápmi; many have herded reindeer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sami/#m1)

2) The Sami languages, spoken by the Sami people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sami/#m2)

3) (a name) Sami is also a first name for a person, used in Finland and in Arabic-speaking countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sami/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and world cultures lessons, the Sami show life in the Arctic, reindeer herding, colourful traditional clothes called gákti and joik songs. Phrases: the Sami people, Sami culture. Use the name Sami, not the old word Lapp, which is seen as rude.

### examples

- The Sami have lived in the far north of Europe for thousands of years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sami/#x1)
- Some Sami families herd reindeer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sami/#x2)
- She wore a bright blue Sami dress for the festival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sami/#x3)
- A joik is a traditional Sami song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sami/#x4)
- Sami children may learn both Sami and Norwegian at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sami/#x5)
- Our pen pal Sami lives in Helsinki. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sami/#x6)

### note

Capital S. Spellings Sami, Sámi and Saami are all used. Do not call them Lapps or the region Lapland in a way that ignores the people; Sápmi is their own name for their land.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sami» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sami/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.