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Tutuila

American  
[too-too-ee-luh] / ˌtu tuˈi lə /

noun

  1. the largest of the islands of American Samoa: excellent harbor at Pago Pago. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).


Tutuila British  
/ ˌtuːtuːˈiːlə /

noun

  1. the largest island of American Samoa, in the SW Pacific. Chief town and port: Pago Pago. Pop: 55 876 (2000). Area: 135 sq km (52 sq miles)

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Other Word Forms

  • Tutuilan adjective

Example Sentences

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A husband and father of three children, Fitisemanu was born in Tafuna, a village on the east coast of American Samoa's Tutuila Island.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2018

She was down safe on the sea near Tutuila.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U. S. gunboat Tutuila was narrowly missed.

From Time Magazine Archive

He accepted from the Japanese apologies and the offer of indemnity for the apparently accidental bombing of the 14-year-old gunboat Tutuila, a 370-ton tub which the Navy has stationed on the Yangtze River at Chungking.

From Time Magazine Archive

Guam, and Pago-Pago on Tutuila, were also captured, quite incidentally.

From Banzai! by Parabellum by Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich