Samoan
adjective
pertaining to Samoa or its Polynesian people.
samoan
British
/ səˈməʊən /
adjective
noun
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a member of the people that inhabit Samoa
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the language of Samoa, belonging to the Polynesian family of languages
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Origin of Samoan
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Samoan diplomat Anne Rasmussen urged all countries to "stop playing games. Do not abandon your commitment to the 1.5C goal".
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
McMahon picked the Samoan heavyweight Umaga; Trump chose the jacked Bobby Lashley.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Anoa’i — who is part of the legendary Samoan wrestling family that also includes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and current Word Wrestling Entertainment star Roman Reigns — has not responded to multiple requests for comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
Last week, the Samoan tenor Pene Pati made his North American solo recital debut with pianist Ronny Michael Greenberg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
“Rachel got a scholarship to Washington State, and Rebecca married a Samoan surfer — she lives in Hawaii now.”
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
"I represent our people and I am confident that a majority of American Samoans are opposed," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Since then he said he has been more alert in an effort to protect his neighborhood, a street lined with apartment buildings where Samoans, Africans, Latinos and Black Americans live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
A measles outbreak one year later infected 57,000 Samoans and killed 83 of them, mostly young children.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2024
It removes the pressure from England's final pool game, against the Samoans on 7 October, and means Borthwick could rest players for that game before a likely quarter-final against Fiji.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023
A few days previous we were in the burning latitudes of the Samoans, now we were on the verge of freezing.
From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Maturin Murray Ballou
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