Lapland

English

Alternative forms

• Lappland

Etymology

From Lapp +‎ -land.

Proper noun

Lapland

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

   Synonyms: Saamiland, Samiland, Sápmi

2. A region in northern Finland.

Derived terms

• Laplandic
• Laplander

Translations

region in Scandinavia

• Arabic: لَابِّـيّ (labbiyy)
• Armenian: Լապլանդիա (hy) (Laplandia)
• Catalan: Lapònia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉普蘭／拉普兰 (zh) (Lāpǔlán)

• Czech: Laponsko (cs) n
• Danish: Lapland
• Dutch: Lapland (nl), Samenland (nl)
• Esperanto: Sameio, Sameujo
• Estonian: Lapimaa (et)
• Faroese: Lappland n, Sámaland n
• Finnish: Lappi (fi), Lapinmaa
• French: Laponie (fr) f
• Galician: Laponia f
• German: Lappland (de) n
• Hungarian: Lappföld (hu)
• Icelandic: Lappland n, Samaland n
• Inari Sami: Säämi, Sämieennâm
• Irish: An Laplainn f
• Italian: Lapponia f
• Japanese: ラップランド (Rappurando), サープミ (Sāpumi)
• Kildin Sami: Са̄мь е̄ммьне (Sām’ ’ēmm’nje)
• Korean: 라플란드 (Rapeullandeu), 사프미 (Sapeumi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Laponya (ku) f

• Latin: Laponia f (since 13th century), Lapponia f
• Latvian: Lapzeme f
• Lithuanian: Laplandija f
• Lule Sami: Sábme
• Macedonian: Лапо́нија f (Lapónija)
• Northern Sami: Sápmi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sameland, Sápmi

  Nynorsk: Sameland, Lappland

• Old English: Finna land n
• Polish: Laponia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lapónia (pt) f (Portugal), Lapônia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Russian: Лапла́ндия (ru) f (Laplándija)
• Skolt Sami: Sääʹmjânnam
• Slovak: Laponsko n
• Southern Sami: Saemie
• Spanish: Laponia
• Swedish: Lappland (sv) n, Sameland
• Volapük: Samiyän (vo)
• West Frisian: Laplân

Dutch

Lapland

Etymology

Compound of Lap (“Lapp, Laplander”) +‎ land (“country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑp.lɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Lap‧land

Proper noun

Lapland n

1. Lapland

   Synonym: Samenland

Derived terms

• laplanduil