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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

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


Pago Pago British  
/ ˈpɑːŋɡəʊ ˈpɑːŋɡəʊ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 view from the crater is of matchless beauty—I know of nothing to equal it, except it be Pago Pago harbour in Tutuila, looking southwards from the mountain tops.

From The Call Of The South 1908 by Becke, Louis

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