Sāmoa

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

Samoan

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggestions include:

• From sā (“sacred”) + moa (“center”).
• A toponymic derivation of moa (“chicken, fowl”).
• The name of a local chieftain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.mo.a/

Proper noun

Sāmoa

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

Descendants

• → English: Samoa
• → Hawaiian: Kāmoa
• >? Maori: Hāmoa
• → Tokelauan: Hāmoa