"Samoa" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /səˈmoʊə/ [General-Australian], /ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə/ [New-Zealand], /saː.mo.a/ (note: Samoa), /səˈməʊ.ə/ [UK], /səˈmoʊ.ə/ [US] Audio: en-us-Samoa.ogg [US]
enPR: sə-mō'ə Etymology: Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sm|Sāmoa}} Samoan Sāmoa Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Samoa
  1. A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa. Wikidata QID: Q683 Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Oceania, Islands, Samoa Derived forms: American Samoa, German Samoa, Samoan, Samoa time, Western Samoa Translations (Independent State of Samoa): Samoa (Afrikaans), سَامُوَّا (samuwwā) [feminine] (Arabic), Սամոա (english: Samoa) (Armenian), সামোয়া (śamōẇa) (Bengali), Samoa (Bislama), Samoa (Breton), Самоа (english: Samoa) (Bulgarian), ဆမိုးအား (hca.mui:a:) (Burmese), Samoa [feminine] (Catalan), 薩摩亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 萨摩亚 (Sàmóyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Samoa (Czech), Samoa (Danish), Samoa (Dutch), Okcidenta Samoo (Esperanto), Samoo (Esperanto), Sámoa [neuter] (Faroese), Samoa (Fiji Hindi), Samoa (Finnish), Samoa (French), სამოა (samoa) (Georgian), Samoa (German), Σαμόα (Samóa) [feminine] (Greek), Kāmoa (Hawaiian), Haʻamoa (Hawaiian), Szamoa (Hungarian), Samoa (Interlingua), Samó [masculine] (Irish), Stát Neamhspleách Shamó [masculine] (Irish), Samoa (Italian), サモア (english: Samoa) (Japanese), សាម័រ (saamɔə) (Khmer), 사모아 (english: Samoa) (Korean), Samoa [feminine] (Latvian), Само́а (Samóa) [feminine] (Macedonian), Hāmoa (Maori), Samoa (Nahuatl), Samóa (Navajo), Samoa (Norman), Samoa (Norwegian Bokmål), Samoa (Norwegian Nynorsk), ساموآ (sâmo-â) (Persian), Samoa [neuter] (Polish), Samoa (Portuguese), ‘Āmoa (Rarotongan), Samoa [feminine] (Romanian), Само́а (Samóa) [feminine, neuter] (Russian), Sāmoa (Samoan), Само̀а [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Samòa [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Samoa (Spanish), Samoa (Swedish), Hāmoa (Tahitian), ซามัว (saa-muua) (Thai), Haʻamoa (Tongan), Samoa (Turkish), Samoa (Turkmen), Xa-moa (Vietnamese), Haʻamoa (Wallisian), Samọ (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-Samoa-en-name-en:Q683 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'Independent State of Samoa': 82 18
  2. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States. Categories (place): Census-designated places in California, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in California, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Samoa-en-name-pDgEyQG5

Noun

IPA: /səˈmoʊə/ [General-Australian], /ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə/ [New-Zealand], /saː.mo.a/ (note: Samoa), /səˈməʊ.ə/ [UK], /səˈmoʊ.ə/ [US] Audio: en-us-Samoa.ogg [US] Forms: Samoas [plural]
enPR: sə-mō'ə Etymology: Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sm|Sāmoa}} Samoan Sāmoa Head templates: {{en-noun}} Samoa (plural Samoas)
  1. (US) A kind of cookie with coconut flavoring, often sold by Girl Scouts. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-Samoa-en-noun-C2O7d06f Categories (other): American English

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "সামোয়া"
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "word": "ဆမိုးအား"
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    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "薩摩亞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sàmóyǎ",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "萨摩亚"
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    },
    {
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      "word": "Samoa"
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    {
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      "code": "hif",
      "lang": "Fiji Hindi",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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    {
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "სამოა"
    },
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "Samoa"
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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    {
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "សាម័រ"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "사모아"
    },
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "Hāmoa"
    },
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    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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    {
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      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "ساموآ"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "roman": "saa-muua",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "ซามัว"
    },
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "lang": "Wallisian",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
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      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "Independent State of Samoa",
      "word": "Samọ"
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}

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