Lapland
pronunciation
How to pronounce Lapland in British English:
UK ['læplænd]
How to pronounce Lapland in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps
Word Origin
- Lapland
- 1570s, from Lapp, the Swedish name for this Finnic people (their name for themselves was Sabme), which probably originally was an insulting coinage (compare Middle High German lappe "simpleton"). In English traditionally the home of witches and wizards who had power to conjure winds and tempests. Related: Laplander.