Saame n 1: a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer [syn: {Lapp}, {Lapplander}, {Sami}, {Saami}, {Same}, {Saame}] 2: the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula [syn: {Lapp}, {Sami}, {Saami}, {Same}, {Saame}]