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Sami: see Lapland Lapland , Finn. Lappi, Nor. Lapland, Swed. Lappland, vast region of N Europe, largely within the Arctic Circle. It includes the Norwegian provinces of Finnmark and Troms and part of Nordland; the Swedish historic province of Lappland; N Finland;
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Sami

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Any of the descendants of ancient nomadic peoples who inhabited northern Scandinavia. They may be Paleo-Siberian or alpine peoples from central Europe. Reindeer hunting was the basis of their life from earliest times; herding was the basis of their economy until recently. They became nomadic a few centuries ago. The three Sami languages, mutually unintelligible, are sometimes considered dialects of one language of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic family. They number about 70,000.



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The Sami People, known as Saami, Lapps, sometimes also Laplanders, are the indigenous people of Northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia.
Saadi Al-Taher, executive director of medical affairs at Riyadh's King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) and Saami Al-Shalaan, director of public relations at the KAMC, were present to see off the twins - Hassan and Mahmoud - at the hospital.
Part of the trip entails visiting a local Saami village where I will meet the inhabitants and learn how to catch an evening meal by ice fishing," said Steve.
 
 
 
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