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Savaii

American  
[sah-vahy-ee] / sɑˈvaɪ i /

noun

  1. an island in Western Samoa: largest of the Samoa group. 703 sq. mi. (1,821 sq. km).


Savaii British  
/ sɑːˈvaɪiː /

noun

  1. the largest island in Samoa: mountainous and volcanic. Pop: 42 400 (2001). Area: 1174 sq km (662 sq miles)

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His Savaii contingent had not yet come in, and to have moved again without waiting for them would have been surely to offend, perhaps to lose them.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

But these, though so important, are only small communities; and perhaps the chief numerical force of the Malietoas inhabits the island of Savaii.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The town or village of Matautu is in the island of Savaii.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

By sunset that evening the Loelia was sailing between the islands of Savaii and Manono, and heading due west for Fiji before the strong south-east trade wind.

From The Trader's Wife 1901 by Becke, Louis

In Samoa there are two circular holes among the rocks at the west end of the island Savaii.

From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by Westervelt, W. D.