Manua Islands

[mah-noo-ah, muh-noo-uh]

plural noun

1. a group of three small islands in the E part of American Samoa. About 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).

Example Sentences

In 1925 she sailed for Samoa with Boas' blessing and $1,000 from her father, and spent nine months observing the adolescent girls of three small coastal villages in the Manua Islands.

From Time Magazine Archive