LAPLAND
Dictionary entry overview: What does Lapland mean? • LAPLAND (noun)
The noun LAPLAND has 1 sense:
1. a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps
Familiarity information: LAPLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LAPLAND (noun)
Meaning:
A region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Lapland; Lappland
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (members of "Lapland"):
Lapp; Lapplander; Saame; Saami; Same; Sami (a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer)
Holonyms ("Lapland" is a part of...):
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
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