Samoa

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /səˈmoʊə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə/
• (Samoa) IPA^(key): /saː.mo.a/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈməʊ.ə/
• (US) enPR: sə-mō'ə, IPA^(key): /səˈmoʊ.ə/

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Proper noun

Samoa

2. 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.
3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Samoa (plural Samoas)

1. (US) A kind of cookie with coconut flavoring, often sold by Girl Scouts.

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

Anagrams

• Masao, Osama, omasa

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ^af

Proper noun

Samoa

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

Related terms

• Samoaan
• Samoaans

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Samoa m

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

Derived terms

• illes Samoa (“Samoan Islands”)
• samoà (“Samoan”)
• Samoa Alemanya (“German Samoa”)
• Samoa Nord-americana (“American Samoa”)
• Samoa Occidental (“Western Samoa”)

Further reading

• “Samoa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Samoa

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

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Samoa

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

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Samoa f (related adjective samojský, demonym Samojec, female demonym Samojka)

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

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• Samoa in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Samoa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Samoa in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ^da

Proper noun

Samoa

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

Related terms

• samoaner
• samoansk

See also

• Amerikansk Samoa

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaːˈmoː.aː/

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• Hyphenation: Sa‧moa
• Rhymes: -oːaː

Proper noun

Samoa n

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

Derived terms

• Amerikaans-Samoa
• Samoaan m / Samoaanse f
• Samoaans
• West-Samoa

Finnish

Etymology

From Samoan Sāmoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmoɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑmoɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Sa‧mo‧a

Proper noun

Samoa

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

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Aamos

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.mɔ.a/

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Proper noun

Samoa m

1. Samoa (a country in Polynesia)

Proper noun

Samoa f pl (plural only)

1. Samoa (an archipelago in Polynesia)

Derived terms

• Samoa américaines

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ^de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈmoːa/

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Proper noun

Samoa n (proper noun, genitive Samoas or (optionally with an article) Samoa)

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

Derived terms

• Amerikanisch-Samoa
• Ostsamoa
• Samoa-Insel
• Samoaner
• samoanisch
• Westsamoa

Italian

Proper noun

Samoa f

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

Derived terms

• samoano

Japanese

Romanization

Samoa

1. Rōmaji transcription of サモア

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ^la

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.mo.a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mo.a/,

Proper noun

Sāmoa f sg (genitive Sāmoae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Latvian

Proper noun

Samoa f (4th declension)

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

Related terms

• Amerikāņu Samoa
• Rietumsamoa

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ^no

Proper noun

Samoa

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

Related terms

• samoaner
• samoansk

See also

• Amerikansk Samoa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Samoa

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

Related terms

• samoan, samoanar
• samoansk

See also

• Amerikansk Samoa

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmɔ.a/

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• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Syllabification: Sa‧mo‧a

Proper noun

Samoa n

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

Derived terms

Further reading

• Samoa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Samôa (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

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• Hyphenation: Sa‧mo‧a

Proper noun

Samoa f

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

Related terms

• samoano

Samoan

Proper noun

Samoa

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

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Samoan Sāmoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsamɔa/

Proper noun

Samoa f (genitive singular Samoy, declension pattern of žena)

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

Declension

Derived terms

• Samojčan m
• Samojčanka f
• samojský
• Samojský nezávislý štát m

Further reading

• “Samoa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmoa/
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: Sa‧mo‧a

Proper noun

Samoa f

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

Derived terms

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ^tr

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Samoa

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

Declension

Derived terms

• Samoalı

See also

• (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda

Turkmen

Turkmen Wikipedia has an article on:

Samoa

Wikipedia ^tk

Proper noun

Samoa

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