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The name "Lapland" goes back to the people of the "Lapps". The denomination "Lapps" descends from the Swedish and means "rag" or "patch" and is for that reason not use by the Lapps themselves and is seen as not very flattering. The Lapps name itself "Sapme" or "Sapmelash", what means "morass people " from where arised the some more modern denomination "Sami" for that people.
Quelle/Source: Handbuch der geographischen Namen, Die Völker der Erde