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Lapland

Lapland can refer to:

English name of the Lapland Province (Lappi/Lappland) in Finland
English name of Lapland, Sweden (Lappland); the name is not in official use
Sápmi (area), the entire cultural region inhabited by the Sami people minority in northern Europe, sometimes erroneously referred to as Lapland
S.S. Lapland (1908), a large ocean liner of the Red Star Line that served from 1908-1934. In 1912 she brought back to Plymouth England many Titanic survivors along with Bruce Ismay the Titanic's owner.

Other uses
"Norwegian Lapland", a sporadic marketing term for Northern Norway and especially the county of Finnmark
"Russian Lapland", a sporadic marketing term for the Murmansk Oblast
Lapland Biosphere Reserve, a natural reserve in Murmansk Oblast
Lapland, Indiana, a small town in the United States
Lapland, Nova Scotia
Song by New York City electronic music duo Ratatat
See also
Laponia (historical province) in present-day Sweden and Finland
Lappmarken, an old Swedish name for the northern part of the old Kingdom of Sweden

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Lapland" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Tagalog.

Translation(s) in other languages: Basque: Laponia, Korean: 라플란드, Lithuanian: Laplandija (reikšmės), Turkish: Laponya.


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