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No. 7,254 in Swedish

sami

Sami: Indigenous Finno-Ugric people residing in northern parts of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia.

In a sentence

  • Samerna är ett ursprungsfolk i Norden.

    The Sami are an indigenous people in the Nordics.

    Here, 'samerna' refers to the Sami people collectively, emphasizing their cultural identity and status as indigenous.

  • Sami är en kortform av namnet Samuel.

    Sami is a short form of the name Samuel.

    In this usage, 'Sami' represents a personal name, commonly used as a diminutive of 'Samuel'.

  • Jag träffade en person som heter Sami.

    I met a person named Sami.

    Here, 'Sami' is a proper noun used as a given name for an individual, indicating a specific identity.

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