Samoa
a group of islands in the southern Pacific, the islands west of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S.
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- Formerly Nav·i·ga·tor Is·lands .
- Compare American Samoa, Western Samoa.
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How to use Samoa in a sentence
To help make that happen, each participating state is eligible for a minimum of $100 million in funding, while territories like Guam and American Samoa are entitled to $25 million.
Is your internet service unreliable? There may be fiber in your future. | Chris Velazco | August 4, 2022 | Washington PostThe toastiest cluster of hotspots included the volcanoes of Iceland, Samoa, Galápagos, and Hawaii.
Many volcanic islands have surprisingly cool origins | Kate Baggaley | January 7, 2022 | Popular-ScienceIn current society, the Fa’afafine are a third gender in Samoa.
Maybe someday I’ll whisk them off to the island of Savai’i in Samoa to see an incredibly special walkway in an emergent fig or to climb a few favorite stranglers in Australia.
I flew to Samoa with two construction engineers to discuss the notion of a walkway.
She's the first American Samoan in Congress, born in Leloaloa, American Samoa.
Samoa Air's chief executive, Chris Langton, said charging by weight was the fairest method.
The Seward Johnson is a 204-foot research vessel that set out from American Samoa to Howland Island to look for the plane.
Is Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved? Why the Aviator Lifts Our Hearts | Susan Butler | June 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBesides Guam and the Northern Marianas, they are Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
Guam and Saipan Make Tempting Targets for Delegate-Hungry GOP Candidates | Ben Jacobs | March 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDao Tuyet Lien broke free from forced labor in Samoa to earn two college degrees, launch her own business, and start a family.
If we could only have Macgregor here with his schooner, you would hear of no more troubles in Samoa.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonI see whole vistas of questions arising, and here am I in Samoa!
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonI shall feel for the first time as if you knew a little about Samoa after that.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThese are the elements of a very pretty lawsuit which you had better come to Samoa to compromise.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonIt does give me a sense of having done something in Samoa after all.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for Samoa
/ (səˈməʊə) /
an independent state occupying four inhabited islands and five uninhabited islands in the S Pacific archipelago of the Samoa Islands: established as a League of Nations mandate under New Zealand administration in 1920 and a UN trusteeship in 1946; gained independence as Western Samoa in 1962 as the first fully independent Polynesian state; officially changed its name to Samoa in 1997; a member of the Commonwealth. Languages: Samoan and English. Religion: Christian. Currency: tala. Capital: Apia. Pop: 195 476 (2013 est). Area: 2841 sq km (1097 sq miles)
Also called: Samoa Islands a group of islands in the S Pacific, northeast of Fiji: an independent kingdom until the mid 19th century, when it was divided administratively into American Samoa (in the east) and German Samoa (in the west); the latter was mandated to New Zealand in 1919 and gained full independence in 1962 as Western Samoa, now called Samoa (as detailed in sense 1). Area: 3038 sq km (1173 sq miles)
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Cultural definitions for Samoa
A group of volcanic (see volcano) islands in the south Pacific Ocean, approximately midway between Hawaii and Sydney, Australia, making up the independent kingdom of Western Samoa and the United States territory of American Samoa.
Notes for Samoa
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