Lapland
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Lap·land
(lăp′lănd′, -lənd) A region of extreme northern Europe including northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland and the Kola Peninsula of northwest Russia. It is largely within the Arctic Circle and is the traditional homeland of the Sami.
Lap′land·er n.
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Lapland
(ˈlæpˌlænd)n
(Placename) an extensive region of N Europe, mainly within the Arctic Circle: consists of the N parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of the extreme NW of Russia. Also called (informal): Land of the Midnight Sun
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Lap•land
(ˈlæpˌlænd)n.
a region in N Norway, N Sweden, N Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of the NW Russian Federation in Europe: inhabited by Lapps.
Lap′land`er, n.
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Lappi
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n → Lappland nt
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