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Pago Pago

American

[pahng-oh pahng-oh, pahng-goh pahng-goh, pah-goh pah-goh] / ˈpɑŋ oʊ ˈpɑŋ oʊ, ˈpɑŋ goʊ ˈpɑŋ goʊ, ˈpɑ goʊ ˈpɑ goʊ /

Also Pagopago;

noun

the chief harbor and town of American Samoa, on Tutuila island: naval station.

Pago Pago British

/ ˈpɑːŋɡəʊ ˈpɑːŋɡəʊ /

noun

Former name: Pango Pango. a port in American Samoa, on SE Tutuila Island. Pop: 4278 (2000)

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The container ship which brought Covid-19 into the port in American Samoa’s capital Pago Pago is back in the port, being unloaded.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2020

And lo, look up and behold the Pericles of Pago Pago, Mike Bloomberg, on the big screen.

From Fox News • Aug. 21, 2020

Though no White House hopeful made a campaign stop in the islands and its capital of Pago Pago, at least an 18-hour flight from Washington, D.C.,

From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2020

Peter told Lennard and Lance that during Charles's time in Pago Pago he'd fallen in love with the chief's daughter, Eppe.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2019

The US formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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