Samoa

Examples

• All

• Region 9 covers Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, and 139 federally recognized Indian tribes.

  Academic text (2000)

• Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu are currently classified as least-developed countries (LDCs).

  Academic text (2005)

• This is American Samoa, from my own country.

  GLOW: The Story of The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (2012)

• Cancer continued to be the second most common cause of death in American Samoa in 2014.

  Academic text (2016)

• American Samoa is a United States territory where government jobs are the primary means of employment.

  Academic text (1991)

• In Samoa, they cover the mirrors at night.

  The Tattooist (2007)

• I'm the President of the Football Federation of American Samoa.

  Next Goal Wins (2023)

• American Samoa, the greatest exporter of NFL players.

• Welcome to American Samoa.

  Next Goal Wins (2023)

• The two Samoas both rely heavily on money from abroad: remittances and aid in Western Samoa, federal support in American Samoa.

  Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

S

Samoan Islands

vsSamoa

3.9

A group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific with warm tropical climate and Polynesian culture

names the same islands but notes they form two separate political territories

Compounds

E

Eastern Samoa

4.5

A group of islands in the Pacific that form a United States territory called American Samoa

A

American Samoa

3.7

A group of islands that belong to the United States in the South Pacific east of Samoa

W

Western Samoa

• Literature

4.9

The former name of the country now called Samoa in the South Pacific

Surface Forms

Etymology