Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a people of nomadic herding tradition in northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland, and in the Kola Peninsula of Russia.
  • noun Any of the Uralic languages of the Sami.

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  • proper noun A male given name.
  • noun A member of the nomadic people of Lapland.
  • proper noun Any of the languages of the Sami.

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  • noun a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
  • noun the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

Etymologies

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[Sami, from earlier Sabme; probably akin to Finnish Suomi, Finn, Finnish.]

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Arabic سامي (Sāmiyy) "exalted".

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From Sámi, from one of the Sami languages.

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Examples

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  • Sami is a young scientist who is searching for a cure for neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's disease.

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  • Well, the anti-Israel, pro-terrorist wing of the progs must be delighted with the verdict in Sami AlArian case.

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  • She called Sami up to her, and showed him the corner in the chest where she had put his things.

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  • They call Sami ul Haq the "Father of the Taliban," one of Pakistan's most well-known and hard-line Islamists.

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  • They call Sami ul Haq the "Father of the Taliban," one of Pakistan's most well-known and hard-line Islamists.

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  • As we stood there on the fringe of a park studded with tall, old pine trees, the Taliban spokesman called Sami's cell phone claiming responsibility for the attack.

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  • Then again, Paige didn't like the idea of Sami being alone on the second floor.

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  • Twenty minutes later he came back with an older man called Sami.

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