variants
or less commonly Saami
plural Sami or Samis also Saami or Saamis
1
: a member of a people of northern Scandinavia, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of northern Russia who are traditionally fishermen, nomadic herders of caribou, and hunters of sea mammals
2
: any or all of the closely related Finno-Ugric languages of the Sami people
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“Sami.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sami. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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