Upolu

[oo-poh-loo]

noun

1. an island in Western Samoa, in the S Pacific: the home of Robert Louis Stevenson for the last five years of his life. 430 sq. mi. (1,113 sq. km). Apia.

Upolu

/ uːˈpəʊluː /

noun

1. an island in the SW central Pacific, in Samoa. Chief town: Apia. Pop: 134 400 (2001). Area: 1114 sq km (430 sq miles)

Example Sentences

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

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

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

The offending occurred between 1994 and April last year involving 13 Samoans from three villages on the island of Upolu.

From The Guardian

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