Sāmoa

See also: samoa, Samoa, samoà, Samóa, Sámoa, Samôa, and șamoa

Samoan

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggestions include:

  • From sā (“sacred”) + moa (“center”).
  • A toponymic derivation of moa (“chicken, fowl”).
  • The name of a local chieftain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saː.mo.a/

Proper noun

Sāmoa

  1. Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
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