Upolu
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
In April 1856, Henry Clay Caldwell of the United States Navy found a large, fruit-eating bat on the Samoan island of Upolu.
From Nature • Feb. 17, 2015
In one of his letters Stevenson himself comments on this, and implies that this “home likeness” formed one of the attractions which drew him to Upolu.
From Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage by Stubbs, Laura
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