"American Samoa" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən səˈməʊ.ə/ [UK], /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən səˈmoʊ.ə/ [US] Audio: en-us-American Samoa.ogg
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} American Samoa
  1. An archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of American Samoa. It is distinct from Samoa (formerly: Western Samoa). Wikipedia link: American Samoa Categories (place): American Samoa, Dependent territories of the United States, Islands, Places in the United States Synonyms: Am. Sam. Derived forms: American Samoan Related terms (Federal District): Washington, D.C. Related terms (States): Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming Related terms (Territories): American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands Translations (US overseas territory in Oceania): Amerikaans-Samoa (Afrikaans), سَامُوَّا اَلْأَمْرِيكِيَّة (sāmuwwā l-ʔamrīkiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), Samoa Amerikan (Breton), Америка́нски Само́а (Amerikánski Samóa) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Samoa Nord-americana [feminine] (Catalan), 美屬薩摩亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 美属萨摩亚 (Měishǔ Sàmóyà) (Chinese Mandarin), Amerikansk Samoa (Danish), Amerikaans-Samoa (Dutch), Samoo Usona (Esperanto), Usona Samoo (Esperanto), Ameerika Samoa (Estonian), Amerikan Samoa (Finnish), Samoa américaines [feminine, plural] (French), ამერიკის სამოა (ameriḳis samoa) (Georgian), აღმოსავლეთი სამოა (aɣmosavleti samoa) (Georgian), Amerikanisch-Samoa [neuter] (German), Αμερικανική Σαμόα (Amerikanikí Samóa) (Greek), Αμερικανικές Σαμόα (Amerikanikés Samóa) (Greek), סָמוֹאָה הָאָמֶרִיקָנִית (english: Samoa ha-Americanit) (Hebrew), Amerikai Szamoa (Hungarian), Samoa American (Interlingua), Samó Mheiriceá [masculine] (Irish), Samoa americane [feminine, plural] (Italian), アメリカン・サモア (Amerikan-Samoa) (Japanese), 미국령 사모아 (english: Migungnyeong Samoa) (Korean), ອາເມຣິກັນຊາມົວ (ʼā mē ri kan sā mūa) (Lao), Samoa Americana [feminine] (Latin), Amerikāņu Samoa [feminine] (Latvian), Амери́канска Само́а (Ameríkanska Samóa) [feminine] (Macedonian), Samoa Améthitchain [masculine] (Norman), Amerikansk Samoa (Norwegian), ساموآی آمریکا (Persian), Samoa Amerykańskie [neuter] (Polish), Samoa Americana [feminine] (Portuguese), Samoa Americană [feminine] (Romanian), Америка́нское Само́а (Amerikánskoje Samóa) [neuter] (Russian), Восто́чное Само́а (Vostóčnoje Samóa) [neuter] (Russian), Amerika Sāmoa (Samoan), Teritori o Amerika Sāmoa (Samoan), Samoa Americana [feminine] (Spanish), Amerikanska Samoa (Swedish), อเมริกันซามัว (à-mee-rí-gan-saa-muua) (Thai), Amerikan Samoası (Turkish), Америка́нське Само́а (Amerykánsʹke Samóa) [neuter] (Ukrainian), Схі́дне Само́а (Sxídne Samóa) [neuter] (Ukrainian), Samoa thuộc Mỹ (Vietnamese)
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Восто́чное Само́а"
        },
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          "lang": "Samoan",
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          "word": "Amerika Sāmoa"
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          "code": "sm",
          "lang": "Samoan",
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          "word": "Teritori o Amerika Sāmoa"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Samoa Americana"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
          "word": "Amerikanska Samoa"
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "à-mee-rí-gan-saa-muua",
          "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
          "word": "อเมริกันซามัว"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
          "word": "Amerikan Samoası"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "Amerykánsʹke Samóa",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Схі́дне Само́а"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
          "word": "Samoa thuộc Mỹ"
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        "American Samoa"
      ]
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        "Terms with French translations",
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        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Interlingua translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
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        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Lao translations",
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        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Samoan translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        "Terms with Thai translations",
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        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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          "text": "SECRETARY James G. Blaine, on April 11, 1889, instructed the American Samoa commissioners at Berlin that the plan of governing natives without their consent was \"not in harmony with the established policy of this government.\"",
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          "ref": "2021 June 16, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, “American Samoa culture plays role in US citizenship ruling”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2021-06-16:",
          "text": "In a decision citing American Samoa cultural traditions, those born in the U.S. territory shouldn’t have citizenship automatically forced on them, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.[…]\nAmerican Samoa is the only unincorporated territory of the United States where the inhabitants are not American citizens at birth.[…]\nDrawing on the views of the American Samoa people is one of the more gratifying aspects of the ruling, said Michael Williams, an attorney representing the American Samoa government, which intervened to oppose the lawsuit.\n“It is also vindication for the principle that the people of American Samoa should determine their own status in accordance with Samoan culture and traditions,” he said.",
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      "ipa": "/əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən səˈmoʊ.ə/",
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      "word": "Am. Sam."
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Amerikaans-Samoa"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "sāmuwwā l-ʔamrīkiyya",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "سَامُوَّا اَلْأَمْرِيكِيَّة"
    },
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Samoa Amerikan"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Amerikánski Samóa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Америка́нски Само́а"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Samoa Nord-americana"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "美屬薩摩亞"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Měishǔ Sàmóyà",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "美属萨摩亚"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Amerikansk Samoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Amerikaans-Samoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Samoo Usona"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Usona Samoo"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Ameerika Samoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Amerikan Samoa"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "Samoa américaines"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ameriḳis samoa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "ამერიკის სამოა"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aɣmosavleti samoa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "აღმოსავლეთი სამოა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Amerikanisch-Samoa"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Amerikanikí Samóa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Αμερικανική Σαμόα"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Amerikanikés Samóa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Αμερικανικές Σαμόα"
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      "code": "he",
      "english": "Samoa ha-Americanit",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "סָמוֹאָה הָאָמֶרִיקָנִית"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Amerikai Szamoa"
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      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Samoa American"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
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      "word": "Samó Mheiriceá"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "Samoa americane"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Amerikan-Samoa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "アメリカン・サモア"
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      "code": "ko",
      "english": "Migungnyeong Samoa",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "미국령 사모아"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼā mē ri kan sā mūa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "ອາເມຣິກັນຊາມົວ"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Samoa Americana"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Amerikāņu Samoa"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Ameríkanska Samóa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Амери́канска Само́а"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Samoa Améthitchain"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Amerikansk Samoa"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "ساموآی آمریکا"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Samoa Amerykańskie"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Samoa Americana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Samoa Americană"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Amerikánskoje Samóa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Америка́нское Само́а"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Vostóčnoje Samóa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Восто́чное Само́а"
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    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Amerika Sāmoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Teritori o Amerika Sāmoa"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Samoa Americana"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Amerikanska Samoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "à-mee-rí-gan-saa-muua",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "อเมริกันซามัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Amerikan Samoası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Amerykánsʹke Samóa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Америка́нське Само́а"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Sxídne Samóa",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Схі́дне Само́а"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "US overseas territory in Oceania",
      "word": "Samoa thuộc Mỹ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "American Samoa"
}

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