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samoa

UK/səˈməʊ.ə/US/səˈmoʊ.ə/
nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,553 of 15,258mostly written

Samoa is a Polynesian island nation west of the date line. Travel to Samoa, born in Samoa, the coast of Samoa.

It moved across the date line in 2011, skipping the thirtieth of December entirely, so as to share a working week with Australia and New Zealand. American Samoa remains on the other side, a day behind its neighbour.

Original: Malietoa Tanumafili II and Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole Vector: See the file history below, for details. · Public domain

Definitions of samoa

  1. 1nounsamoaPolynesian island nation west of the date line.B2+

    “Apia, the capital of Samoa, is on the island of Upolu.”

samoa is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. sm

    Sāmoa

  2. English

    Samoa

  3. English, today

    samoa

Samoa Borrowed from sm Sāmoa. Borrowed from sm Sāmoa. See there for more.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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