Samoa

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /səˈmoʊə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə/
• (Samoa) IPA^(key): /saː.mo.a/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈməʊ.ə/
• (US) enPR: sə-mō'ə, IPA^(key): /səˈmoʊ.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)
• Armenian: Սամոա (Samoa)
• Bengali: সামোয়া (bn) (śamōẇa)
• Bislama: Samoa
• Breton: Samoa
• Bulgarian: Самоа (Samoa)
• Burmese: ဆမိုးအား (hca.mui:a:)
• Catalan: Samoa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩摩亞／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)
• Georgian: სამოა (samoa)
• 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)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: Samoa f
• 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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /səˈmo.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /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.

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa (a country in Oceania)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa (a country in Oceania)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsamoa]

Proper noun

Samoa f (related adjective samojský, demonym Samojec, female demonym Samojka)

1. Samoa (a country and archipelago in Polynesia)

Declension

Declension of Samoa (sg-only feminine in -oa/-ua)

	singular
nominative	Samoa
genitive	Samoy
dative	Samoi
accusative	Samou
vocative	Samoo
locative	Samoi
instrumental	Samoou

Related terms

• samojština

 

Further reading

• Samoa in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Samoa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Samoa in Internetová jazyková příručka

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Samoan Sāmoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmoɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mo̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmoɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Sa‧mo‧a

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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Samoatta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Samoa (type korkea)

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 — instructive — — abessive Samoattani — 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 — instructive — — abessive Samoattasi — 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 — instructive — — abessive Samoattamme — 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 — instructive — — abessive Samoattanne — 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 — instructive — — abessive Samoattaan Samoattansa — comitative — —

Anagrams

• Aamos

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

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

Italian

Proper noun

Samoa f

1. Samoa

Derived terms

• samoano

Japanese

Romanization

Samoa

1. Rōmaji transcription of サモア

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.mo.a/, [ˈs̠äːmoä]
• (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

Latvian

Proper noun

Samoa f (4th declension)

1. Samoa

Related terms

• Amerikāņu Samoa
• Rietumsamoa

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa

Related terms

• samoaner
• samoansk

See also

• Amerikansk Samoa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa

Related terms

• samoan, samoanar
• samoansk

See also

• Amerikansk Samoa

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Samôa (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈmo.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈmo.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈmo.a/

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

• 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

Samoan

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Alternative form of Sāmoa

Slovak

Etymology

Derived 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 Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmoa/ [saˈmo.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: Sa‧mo‧a

Proper noun

Samoa f

1. Samoa

Derived terms

• Samoa Americana
• Samoa Occidental

 

Turkish

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa (a country in Oceania)

Declension

declension of Samoa

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Samoa
accusative (belirtme)	Samoa'yı
dative (yönelme)	Samoa'ya
locative (bulunma)	Samoa'da
ablative (çıkma)	Samoa'dan
genitive (tamlayan)	Samoa'nın

    possessive of Samoa

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Samoa'm	Samoalarım / Samoa'larım
senin (your)	Samoa'n	Samoaların / Samoa'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Samoa'sı	Samoaları / Samoa'ları
bizim (our)	Samoa'mız	Samoalarımız / Samoa'larımız
sizin (your)	Samoa'nız	Samoalarınız / Samoa'larınız
onların (their)	Samoa'sı / Samoaları / Samoa'ları	Samoaları / Samoa'ları

Derived terms

• Samoalı

See also

• (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda

Turkmen

Proper noun

Samoa

1. Samoa