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Apia

American  
[ah-pee-ah, ah-pee-ah] / ɑˈpi ɑ, ˈɑ piˌɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.


Apia British  
/ æˈpɪə, ˈæpɪə /

noun

  1. the capital of (Western) Samoa: a port on the N coast of Upolu. Pop: 41 000 (2005 est)

"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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Samoa posted 174 and Visser then took a wicket as they restricted Vanuatu to 164-9 to seal a 10-run win at the Garden Oval No 2 in Apia, Samoa.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

“Everything was just decimated,” Malama Tafuna’i, a primary care physician in Apia, the territory’s capital, said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

In all, 32 embassies ranked in the highest category for climate disaster risk, from Apia, Samoa, to Valletta, Malta.

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2022

Judith Esmay Ah Leong, a general practitioner in Apia, Samoa’s capital, said doctors were shocked to discover “there were still people living off the grid and had no access to transport.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2020

They reached Apia on the 28th, and the islands surrendered without a blow being struck.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by Parrott, James Edward

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