Samoan

See also: samoan

English

Etymology

Samoa +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊən

Noun

Samoan (countable and uncountable, plural Samoans)

1. (countable) A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent.
2. (uncountable) The Samoan language.

Translations

person

• Catalan: samoà (ca) m, samoana (ca) f
• Czech: Samojec (cs) m, Samojka (cs) m
• Dutch: Samoaan (nl), Samoaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: samoano, samoanino (woman)
• Finnish: samoalainen (fi)
• French: Samoan (fr), Samoen m (less frequent), Samoën m (rare), Samoïen m (rare, obsolete)
• Galician: samoano (gl) m
• German: Samoaner (de) m, Samoanerin (de) f
• Hawaiian: Kāmoa
• Italian: samoano (it) m, samoana (it) f
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• Japanese: サモア人 (samoa-jin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: samoaner m

  Nynorsk: samoanar m

• Portuguese: samoano (pt)
• Romanian: samoan (ro) m, samoană (ro) f
• Russian: самоанец (ru) m (samoanec), самоанка (ru) f (samoanka)
• Spanish: samoano (es) m, samoana (es) f
• Swedish: samoan (sv) c
• Turkish: Samoalı (tr)

Samoan language

• Catalan: samoà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩摩亞語／萨摩亚语 (zh) (Sàmóyàyǔ), 萨摩亚语 (zh) (Sàmóyàyǔ)

• Czech: samojština f
• Dutch: Samoaans (nl) n
• Finnish: samoa (fi)
• Galician: samoano (gl) m
• Italian: samoano (it) m
• Japanese: サモア語 (ja) (samoa-go)
• Navajo: Samóa Dineʼé bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: samoansk m

  Nynorsk: samoansk m

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• Portuguese: samoano (pt)
• Romanian: samoană (ro) f
• Russian: самоанский (ru) (samoanskij)
• Samoan: gagana Sāmoa
• Swedish: samoanska (sv) c
• Turkish: Samoaca (tr)

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code sm, ISO 639-3 code smo (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Samoan, smo ⁠
• Wiktionary's coverage of Samoan terms

Adjective

Samoan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language.

Translations

of or pertaining to Samoa

• Catalan: samoà (ca) m, samoana (ca) f
• Czech: samojský (cs)
• Dutch: Samoaans (nl)
• Esperanto: samoa
• Finnish: samoalainen (fi), samoankielinen (language)
• French: samoan (fr)
• Galician: samoano (gl)
• German: samoanisch (de)
• Hawaiian: Kāmoa
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• Italian: samoano (it) m, samoana (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: samoansk

  Nynorsk: samoansk

• Portuguese: samoano (pt)
• Romanian: samoan (ro)
• Russian: самоанский (ru) (samoanskij)
• Spanish: samoano (es)
• Swedish: samoansk (sv)

Anagrams

• Amason, Samano