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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Pago Pago

Upon returning to the American Samoa territorial capital of Pago Pago, they must quarantine again for 14 days and test negative before rejoining the community.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 28, 2021

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

Years later, in 2016, Lennard was contacted out of the blue by a man from Pago Pago, in American Samoa.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2019

The United States drifted into more intimate relationship with the natives until in 1878 it made a treaty with the Samoan king allowing Americans to use Pago Pago as a coaling station.

From The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power by Fish, Carl Russell