Samoan

Examples

• All

• Is he Samoan?

  Smother (2008)

• I told you he was Samoan.

  Christmas With the Karountzoses (2015)

• "The Samoan looked at him with sad, dark eyes.

  Fiction book (2000)

• But my dad was seeing this lady, and she was married to this Samoan.

  Lean on Pete (2018)

• The Samoan looked back at him, dark eyes filled with infinite sadness.

  Fiction book (2000)

• She's of Samoan background and she's a wonderful human being.

• What are you, Samoan?

  You, Me and Dupree (2006)

• Their church became Samoan.

  The Tattooist (2007)

• "In the end, the Samoan's king stood alone, surrounded by black marauders.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Do I look the least bit Samoan to you?

Synonyms

P

Polynesian

vsSamoan

1 4.4

A person from the islands of Polynesia

is from a single island nation within that region

O

Oceanian

vsSamoan

4.6

A person who is from or lives in Oceania

is from a specific island nation rather than the whole Pacific region

A

Austronesian

vsSamoan

9.6

A person who belongs to the island peoples of Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and the Pacific

is identified by national origin, not by membership in a language family

Compounds

C

classic Samoan time

• Offensive

9.9

A joking way to say people often arrive later than planned in Samoa

S

Samoan Islands

3.9

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

S

Samoan time

• Australian

9.7

A relaxed way of keeping time when people often arrive late

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology