English
Etymology
From Lapp + -land.
Proper noun
Lapland
- The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people.
- Synonyms: Saamiland, Samiland, Sápmi
- A region in northern Finland.
Derived terms
Translations
region in Scandinavia
- Arabic: لَابِّـيّ (labbiyy)
- Armenian: Լապլանդիա (hy) (Laplandia)
- Asturian: Laponia (ast) f
- 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’ jēmm’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:
- Brazilian: Lapônia (pt) f
- European: Lapónia (pt) f
- 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
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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of Lap (“Lapp, Laplander”) + land (“country”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑp.lɑnt/
- Hyphenation: Lap‧land
Proper noun
Lapland n
- Lapland
- Synonym: Samenland
Derived terms