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Sami

[ so-mee ]

noun

plural Samis, (especially collectively) Sami
  1. a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
  2. any of the languages of the Sami, closely related to Finnish.


Sami

/ ˈɑːɪ /

noun

  1. -mi-mis a member of the indigenous people of Lapland
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this people or their language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

The indigenous people of Lapland prefer to be called Sami, although Lapp is still in widespread use
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Mohammed Sami hails from Baghdad and his work draws on his life and experiences during the Iraq war and as a refugee in Sweden.

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"There's a thrill to the mess and chaos," says Mohammad Sami, a student.

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Sami Tollett was visiting her father's resting place at Riddrie Park Cemetery when she noticed a number of graves around it had the prominent stickers displayed.

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Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said that Trump would be tested on his statements that he can stop the war within hours as US president.

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His son, Sami, told the BBC in 2019 that the cases against his father were "motivated by other reasons, which we feel are political".

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