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
For many years, Tafuna’i was the only clinical lecturer at the National University of Samoa, a tiny medical school on the island of Upolu.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
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
George and I bought a cutter in which we made several trips to the windward villages, whence we ran down to the little island of Manono, situated between Upolu and Savaii.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf
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