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

His name was Charles Morse and he'd enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1940 and served in Pago Pago in 1942.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2019

Pago Pago is a port of call for steamships between San Francisco and Australia.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)