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

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

Lance's grandmother was the daughter of the village chief in Pago Pago, a small Christian society where everybody knows everybody else's business.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2019

When the Panama Canal is completed, Pago Pago will be right in the track of steamships from Europe and the United States bound for Australia.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello