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n. - Any of the languages spoken by the nomadic people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

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Usage examples (25)
  • "You must have had luck with your fishing, Jon, since you've been at it all night?" said the mountaineer in Lappish, as he approached.
  • Anxious to conciliate my Lappish friends, I addressed a few words of Norwegian to one after another, but
  • It is Aase — Aase who stands there blocking the way, waving her arms and swishing that Lappish skirt of hers.
  • Reindeer meat is served in many restaurants in Lapland but for those who cannot travel that far north, try reindeer in the Lappish Restaurant Saaga, Helsinki.
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