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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Etymology
Origin of Samoan
Example Sentences
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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
People in Southern California probably don’t know Demacabalin, who’s part Filipino and part Samoan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 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
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
One year later, a measles outbreak infected 57,000 Samoans and killed 83 of them, including children.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2024
Also on the flight were international travellers including 13 Australians, 16 New Zealanders, 8 Samoans, as well as several Americans, Canadians and Filippinos, he said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2023
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
From the Tongans the Samoans also borrowed the custom of building oblong quadrangular houses, which were called afolau.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir
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