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Manua Islands

American  
[mah-noo-ah, muh-noo-uh] / mɑˈnu ɑ, məˈnu ə /

plural noun

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


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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.

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