Samoan

Examples

• All

• "R!" Diaz's long hair, a tribute to his Samoan heritage, bobs up and down with him.

  Blog text (24)

• Hearing the shouts, the huge Samoan gardener hurried toward the office from the outside.

  Fiction book (2000)

• One of those huge Samoan kids, right?

  Draft Day (2014)

• This here is my Samoan friend.

  Faster (2010)

• So, let's give him a warm American Samoan welcome!

  Next Goal Wins (2023)

• The Samoan people believe tattooing is a gift from the Gods.

  The Tattooist (2007)

• A majority of older and younger respondents alike responded that Samoan customs are a good thing.

  Academic text (1993)

• Unlike Marcus, Nardi enters the contest over Samoan adolescence and Samoan culture.

  Academic text (1993)

• As O'Meara (1990) documents, a similar pattern characterizes exchanges between rural Samoan planters and wage-earning urbanites.

  Academic text (1991)

• The Samoan culture is rich in traditions and values that emphasize community and family.

Synonyms

A

Austronesian

vsSamoan

1 9.5

Relating to the people, cultures, or languages of islands from Madagascar to Easter Island

is limited to one island nation's people, language, and culture

O

Oceanian

vsSamoan

1 6.0

About the people, cultures, or languages of Oceania

is specific to one island nation, its people, language, and culture

Compounds

S

Samoan Islands

1 3.9

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

S

Samoan time

• Australian

1 9.7

A relaxed way of keeping time when people often arrive late

C

classic Samoan time

• Offensive

9.9

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

Surface Forms

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Etymology