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Lappland

Lappland is the alternative form of Lapland.

Meaning of Lapland

Proper noun

Lapland

  1. The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people.
    Synonyms:
    Saamiland, Samiland, Sápmi
  2. A region in northern Finland.

Origin of Lappland

From Lapp + land.

Questions about Lappland

What is Lappland the alternative form of?
Lappland is the alternative form of Lapland.

Words near Lappland in the dictionary

  1. lapping up
  2. lappings
  3. Lappins
  4. Lappish
  5. Lappishness
  6. Lappland
  7. lappmark
  8. lappmarks
  9. Lapponese
  10. Lapponia
  11. Lapponian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lappland (page history and authors); Lapland (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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