Samoa

See also: samoa, Samóa, Sámoa, samoà, Samôa, Sāmoa, and șamoa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈməʊ.ə/
• enPR: sə-mō'ə, IPA^(key): /səˈmoʊ.ə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Samoa

2. A country in Oceania. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa, it is distinct from American Samoa.

   Synonym: Independent State of Samoa (officially)

3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.

Derived terms

• American Samoa
• German Samoa
• Samoan
• Western Samoa

 

Translations

Independent State of Samoa

• Afrikaans: Samoa
• Arabic: سَامُوَّا f (samuwwā)
• Bengali: সামোয়া (bn) (śamōẇa)
• Bislama: Samoa
• Breton: Samoa
• Bulgarian: Самоа (Samoa)
• Catalan: Samoa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩摩亞／萨摩亚 (zh) (Sàmóyà), 萨摩亚 (zh) (Sàmóyǎ)

• Czech: Samoa (cs)
• Danish: Samoa (da)
• Dutch: Samoa (nl)
• Esperanto: Okcidenta Samoo, Samoo (eo)
• Faroese: Sámoa n
• Fiji Hindi: Samoa
• Finnish: Samoa (fi)
• French: Samoa (fr)
• German: Samoa (de)
• Greek: Σαμόα (el) f (Samóa)
• Hawaiian: Kāmoa, Haʻamoa
• Hungarian: Szamoa (hu)
• Interlingua: Samoa
• Irish: Samó m, Stát Neamhspleách Shamó m
• Italian: Samoa
• Japanese: サモア (ja) (Samoa)
• Khmer: សាម័រ (km) (saamɔə)
• Korean: 사모아 (ko) (Samoa)
• Latvian: Samoa f
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• Macedonian: Само́а f (Samóa)
• Maori: Hāmoa
• Nahuatl: Samoa
• Navajo: Samóa
• Norman: Samoa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Samoa

  Nynorsk: Samoa (nn)

• Persian: ساموآ (sâmo'â)
• Polish: Samoa (pl) n
• Portuguese: Samoa (pt)
• Rarotongan: ‘Āmoa
• Romanian: Samoa (ro) f
• Russian: Само́а (ru) f or n (Samóa)
• Samoan: Sāmoa
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Само̀а f

  Roman: Samòa (sh) f

• Spanish: Samoa (es)
• Swedish: Samoa (sv)
• Tahitian: Hāmoa
• Thai: ซามัว (th) (saa-muua)
• Tongan: Haʻamoa
• Turkish: Samoa (tr)
• Turkmen: Samoa
• Vietnamese: Xa-moa
• Wallisian: Haʻamoa
• Yoruba: Samọ

Noun

Samoa (plural Samoas)

1. (US) A kind of cookie with coconut flavoring, often sold by Girl Scouts.

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

Anagrams

• Masao, Osama, omasa

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈmo.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈmo.a]

• Audio (Valencian):

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Proper noun

Samoa m

1. Samoa

Derived terms

• illes Samoa (“Samoan Islands”)
• samoà (“Samoan”)
• Samoa Alemanya (“German Samoa”)
• Samoa Nord-americana (“American Samoa”)
• Samoa Occidental (“Western Samoa”)

Further reading

• “Samoa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa (a country in Oceania)

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa (a country in Oceania)

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Czech

Proper noun

Samoa ?

1. Samoa

Related terms

• samojský
• samojština
• Samojec
• Samojka

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaːˈmoː.aː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Sa‧moa
• Rhymes: -oːaː

Proper noun

Samoa n

1. Samoa

Derived terms

• Amerikaans-Samoa
• Samoaan m / Samoaanse f
• Samoaans
• West-Samoa

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Finnish

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa

Declension

Inflection of Samoa (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative		Samoa	—
genitive		Samoan	—
partitive		Samoaa Samoata	—
illative		Samoaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Samoa	—
accusative	nom.	Samoa	—
	gen.	Samoan
genitive		Samoan	—
partitive		Samoaa Samoata	—
inessive		Samoassa	—
elative		Samoasta	—
illative		Samoaan	—
adessive		Samoalla	—
ablative		Samoalta	—
allative		Samoalle	—
essive		Samoana	—
translative		Samoaksi	—
abessive		Samoatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Samoa (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Samoani — accusative nom. Samoani — gen. Samoani genitive Samoani — partitive Samoaani Samoatani — inessive Samoassani — elative Samoastani — illative Samoaani — adessive Samoallani — ablative Samoaltani — allative Samoalleni — essive Samoanani — translative Samoakseni — abessive Samoattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Samoasi — accusative nom. Samoasi — gen. Samoasi genitive Samoasi — partitive Samoaasi Samoatasi — inessive Samoassasi — elative Samoastasi — illative Samoaasi — adessive Samoallasi — ablative Samoaltasi — allative Samoallesi — essive Samoanasi — translative Samoaksesi — abessive Samoattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Samoamme — accusative nom. Samoamme — gen. Samoamme genitive Samoamme — partitive Samoaamme Samoatamme — inessive Samoassamme — elative Samoastamme — illative Samoaamme — adessive Samoallamme — ablative Samoaltamme — allative Samoallemme — essive Samoanamme — translative Samoaksemme — abessive Samoattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Samoanne — accusative nom. Samoanne — gen. Samoanne genitive Samoanne — partitive Samoaanne Samoatanne — inessive Samoassanne — elative Samoastanne — illative Samoaanne — adessive Samoallanne — ablative Samoaltanne — allative Samoallenne — essive Samoananne — translative Samoaksenne — abessive Samoattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Samoansa — accusative nom. Samoansa — gen. Samoansa genitive Samoansa — partitive Samoataan Samoaansa Samoatansa — inessive Samoassaan Samoassansa — elative Samoastaan Samoastansa — illative Samoaansa — adessive Samoallaan Samoallansa — ablative Samoaltaan Samoaltansa — allative Samoalleen Samoallensa — essive Samoanaan Samoanansa — translative Samoakseen Samoaksensa — abessive Samoattaan Samoattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• Aamos

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.mɔ.a/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Samoa m

1. Samoa (a country in Polynesia)

Proper noun

Samoa f pl (plural only)

1. Samoa (an archipelago in Polynesia)

Derived terms

• Samoa américaines

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈmoːa/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio:

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Proper noun

Samoa n (proper noun, genitive Samoas or (optionally with an article) Samoa)

1. Samoa (a country and archipelago in Polynesia)

Derived terms

• Amerikanisch-Samoa
• Ostsamoa
• Samoa-Insel
• Samoaner
• samoanisch
• Westsamoa

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Italian

Proper noun

Samoa f

1. Samoa

Derived terms

• samoano

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Japanese

Romanization

Samoa

1. Rōmaji transcription of サモア

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.mo.a/, [ˈs̠äːmoä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.mo.a/, [ˈsäːmoä]

Proper noun

Sāmoa f sg (genitive Sāmoae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Samoa

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sāmoa
Genitive	Sāmoae
Dative	Sāmoae
Accusative	Sāmoam
Ablative	Sāmoā
Vocative	Sāmoa
Locative	Sāmoae

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Latvian

Proper noun

Samoa f (4th declension)

1. Samoa

Related terms

• Amerikāņu Samoa
• Rietumsamoa

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa

Related terms

• samoaner
• samoansk

See also

• Amerikansk Samoa

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa

Related terms

• samoan, samoanar
• samoansk

See also

• Amerikansk Samoa

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmɔ.a/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Syllabification: Sa‧mo‧a

Proper noun

Samoa n

1. Samoa

Derived terms

adjective

• samoański

 

nouns

• Samoanka
• Samoańczyk

 

Further reading

• Samoa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Samoa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Samôa (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈmo(w).ɐ/, /saˈmo(w).ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈmo(w).ɐ/, /saˈmo(w).ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈmow.ɐ/, /saˈmow.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈmo.ɐ/, /saˈmo.ɐ/

• Audio (BR):

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• Hyphenation: Sa‧mo‧a

Proper noun

Samoa f

1. Samoa (an archipelago in Oceania)
2. Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Oceania)

Related terms

• samoano

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Samoan

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Alternative form of Sāmoa

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Slovak

Etymology

From Samoan Sāmoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsamɔa/

Proper noun

Samoa f (genitive singular Samoy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Samoa

Declension

Declension of Samoa

	singulare tantum
nominative	Samoa
genitive	Samoy
dative	Samoe
accusative	Samou
locative	Samoe
instrumental	Samoou

Derived terms

• Samojčan m
• Samojčanka f
• samojský
• Samojský nezávislý štát m

Further reading

• “Samoa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmoa/ [saˈmo.a]

Proper noun

Samoa f

1. Samoa

Derived terms

• Samoa Americana
• Samoa Occidental

 

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Turkmen

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa