Samoa
pronunciation
How to pronounce Samoa in British English:
UK [sə'məʊə]
How to pronounce Samoa in American English:
US [sə'moʊr]
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- Noun:
- a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific
- a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop
Word Origin
- Samoa
- an indigenous name, said to be from the name of a Polynesian chieftain, or else meaning "place of the moa." Related: Samoan (1846, noun and adjective).
Example
- 1. American samoa was reportedly hit by four separate waves .
- 2. It lies south of samoa and east of fiji .
- 3. On september 29 , 2009 a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck samoa and the american samoa islands .
- 4. Samoa said it wanted to move its clocks 24 hours forward , in effect changing the pacific 's already zigzagging international dateline .
- 5. Many of the private companies that made up the complex web were held through offshore entities in the british virgin islands , samoa and the seychelles .