Upolu
Americannoun
noun
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The ship was conducting a survey of waters off the island of Upolu when it struck a reef and caught fire during a bout of rough and windy weather.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
A forensic pathologist was due to travel from Fiji to Apia, a city of 36,000 people on Samoa’s second-largest island, Upolu, to conduct an autopsy later this month.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
The deaths sent shockwaves across the tiny archipelagic nation, not just on Savai’i, the largest island, but also on Upolu, home to the capital, Apia, and most of the country’s 200,000 people.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2020
Almost all of the cases are on the island of Upolu, with children below the age of 5 most severely affected.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2019
It stands on a tableland in the high mountainous interior of Upolu and appears to be not altogether easy of access.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer
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