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Lapp

Lapp noun: an indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.

Noun

Lapp (plural Lapps or Lapp)

  1. (dated, offensive, sometimes) An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.

Proper noun (1)

Lapp

  1. The language of the Lapp peoples.
    Synonyms:
    Lappic, Lappish

Adjective

Lapp (not comparable)

  1. From Lapland or of the Lapp peoples
    • Lapp Gold - translation of the Finnish beer brand Lapin Kulta which can also be variously translated as "Gold from Lapland", "Lapland Gold" and hence "Lapp Gold"

Proper noun (2) capitalized: LAPP

LAPP

  1. A solution stack consisting of the Linux operating system, Apache web server, PostgreSQL database, and Perl, PHP or Python programming language.

Synonyms of Lapp

Forms of Lapp

pluralLapps
pluralLapp

Origin of Lapp

From Swedish lapp, possibly of Finnish origin. Compare Finnish Lappi.

Words formed from Lapp

Questions about Lapp

What does Lapp mean?
Lapp means an indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.
What part of speech is Lapp?
Lapp can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Lapp?
The plural of Lapp is Lapps.

Words near Lapp in the dictionary

  1. LaPorte County
  2. LaPortes
  3. Laposky
  4. Laposkys
  5. Lapougian
  6. Lapp
  7. lapp'd
  8. lappa
  9. lappaceous
  10. lappaconitine
  11. Lappajärvi

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