lapplander

Questions about lapplander

What does lapplander mean?

lapplander means "a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer".

How many syllables are in lapplander?

lapplander has 3 syllables and divides as lap-plan-der under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lapplander?

Close synonyms include Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lapplander a common word?

lapplander is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.