Samoa

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Samoa

  • /səˈmoʊ.ə/ Australia
  • /ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə/ Australia
  • /ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə/ New Zealand
  • /saː.mo.a/
  • /səˈməʊ.ə/ UK
  • /səˈmoʊ.ə/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more.

proper noun

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

noun Samoas

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: western samoa, fiji, tonga, nicaragua, samoan, thailand, latvia, territory, ws, samoan islands, samoa islands, wsm, american samoa, apia, apolima, manono

Translations

Every language

name Independent State of Samoa

EspañolSamoa
한국어사모아
日本語サモア
中文薩摩亞 /萨摩亚 Sàmóyǎ
हिन्दीसमोआ samoā
PortuguêsSamoa
FrançaisSamoa
DeutschSamoa
ItalianoSamoa
ΕλληνικάΣαμόα Samóa
RomânăSamoa
РусскийСамо́а Samóa
Tiếng ViệtXa-moa
العربيةسَامُوَّا samuwwā

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"Samoa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/samoa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Samoa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/samoa

Chicago

"Samoa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/samoa.

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@misc{samoa_2026,
  title = {Samoa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/samoa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}