Pago Pago
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Pronunciation
- enPR: pängʹō pängʹō
Proper noun
Pago Pago
- The territorial capital of American Samoa.
- , Condensed and Abridged edition, London: Whittaker and Co., →OCLC, page 93, column 1:
- The climate of Tutuila is mild and agreeable, particularly at Pago-pago, where the temperature is lower than it is elsewhere on the island, in consequence of its generally being overshadowed with clouds that hang on the high land.]
- 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The New Age of Regionalism”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 360:
- From Honolulu we went to Pago Pago in Samoa. We saw there how an educational revolution could be brought about on a Pacific island by the use of classroom television.
- 2016 July 16, Fili Sagapolutele, “Vice President Biden makes stop in American Samoa’s capital”, in AP News, archived from the original on 04 January 2024:
- PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden made a refueling stopover in Pago Pago while en route from Hawaii to Australia and New Zealand.
While on the ground Friday, he was able to shake hands, say hello and take photos with more than 100 residents including several young children. […]
Biden is the second U.S. vice president to make a stopover in Pago Pago.
- 2022 January 15, Jahnavi Nidumolu, Renju Jose, Chang-Ran Kim, “Tonga volcano eruption triggers tsunami warnings in Japan, Pacific islands”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 15 January 2022, Environment:
- Tsunami waves of 83 cm (2.7 feet) were recorded by gauges in the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa and two-foot waves were seen at Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
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Further reading
- “Pago Pago”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Pago Pago, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Pago Pago”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Pago Pago”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Pago Pago” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.