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lavvus

lavvus is the plural of lavvu.

Meaning of lavvu

Noun

lavvu (plural lavvus)

  1. A temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of Northern Europe, similar in design to Native American tipis but less vertical and more stable in high winds.

Questions about lavvus

What is lavvus the plural of?
Lavvus is the plural of lavvu.

Words near lavvus in the dictionary

  1. lavta
  2. Lavukaleve
  3. lavvie
  4. lavvies
  5. lavvu
  6. lavvus
  7. lavvy
  8. lavvy paper
  9. lavway
  10. lavways
  11. lavy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lavvus (page history and authors); lavvu (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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