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.

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Pago Pago British  

/ ˈpɑːŋɡəʊ ˈpɑːŋɡəʊ /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Hawaiian plans to maintain one daily nonstop flight between Honolulu and Los Angeles and another between Honolulu and Pago Pago, American Samoa to maintain what it called “a baseline of out of state access.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 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

Two weeks previous, at Pago Pago, in Samoa, I had asked my captain to compare our chronometer with the chronometers on the American cruiser, the Annapolis.

From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack