samoano

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto Samoo

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānusbor.

Esperanto -ano

Esperanto samoano

From Samoo (“Samoa”) + -ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /samoˈano/

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: sa‧mo‧a‧no
• Hyphenation: samo‧ano

Noun

samoano (accusative singular samoanon, plural samoanoj, accusative plural samoanojn)

1. Samoan

Related terms

• samoanino

Galician

Adjective

samoano (feminine samoana, masculine plural samoanos, feminine plural samoanas)

1. Samoan

Noun

samoano m (plural samoanos, feminine samoana, feminine plural samoanas)

1. Samoan (person)

Noun

samoano m (uncountable)

1. Samoan (language)

Italian

Adjective

samoano (feminine samoana, masculine plural samoani, feminine plural samoane)

1. Samoan

Noun

samoano m (plural samoani, feminine samoana)

1. Samoan

Noun

samoano m (uncountable)

1. the Samoan language

Related terms

• Samoa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [saˈmo.a.nɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [saˈmɔː.a.no]

Adjective

sāmoānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sāmoānus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Samoan Sāmoabor.

English Samoa

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Samoanbor.

Portuguese samoano

Borrowed from English Samoan. By surface analysis, Samoa (“Samoa”) + -ano (“-an”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.moˈɐ̃.nu/, /sa.muˈɐ̃.nu/, (faster) /saˈmwɐ̃.nu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈmwɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈmwɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈmwa.nu/

• Rhymes: -ɐnu
• Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧a‧no

Adjective

samoano (feminine samoana, masculine plural samoanos, feminine plural samoanas, not comparable)

1. Samoan (of, from or relating to Samoa)

   Synonym: samoense

2. Samoan (of the Samoan language)

Noun

samoano m (plural samoanos, feminine samoana, feminine plural samoanas)

1. Samoan (native or inhabitant of Samoa)

   Synonym: samoense

Noun

samoano m (uncountable)

1. Samoan (language)

Further reading

• “samoano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “samoano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /samoˈano/ [sa.moˈa.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: sa‧mo‧a‧no

Adjective

samoano (feminine samoana, masculine plural samoanos, feminine plural samoanas)

1. Samoan

Noun

samoano m (plural samoanos, feminine samoana, feminine plural samoanas)

1. Samoan (person)

Related terms

• samoano americano

Noun

samoano m (uncountable)

1. Samoan (language)

Further reading

• “samoano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025