name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Australian:/səˈmoʊ.ə/
Australian:/ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə/
New-Zealand:/ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə/
/saː.mo.a/Samoa
UK:/səˈməʊ.ə/
US:sə-mō'ə
US:/səˈmoʊ.ə/
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CMU ARPABET:S AH0 M OW1 AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A kind of cookie with coconut flavoring, often sold by Girl Scouts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Samoan Islands
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: island
5
noun
Meaning 5
a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: country, state, land
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Arabic:
سَامُوَّا
(samuwwā)
— Independent State of Samoa
Armenian:
Սամոա
— Independent State of Samoa
Asturian:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Bengali:
সামোয়া
(śamōẇa)
— Independent State of Samoa
Bislama:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Breton:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Bulgarian:
Самоа̀
(Samoà)
— Independent State of Samoa
Burmese:
ဆမိုးအား
(hca.mui:a:)
— Independent State of Samoa
Catalan:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Chinese Mandarin:
薩摩亞 /萨摩亚
(Sàmóyǎ)
— Independent State of Samoa
Czech:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Danish:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Dutch:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Esperanto:
Okcidenta Samoo
— Independent State of Samoa
Esperanto:
Samoo
— Independent State of Samoa
Faroese:
Sámoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Fiji Hindi:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Finnish:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
French:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Georgian:
სამოა
(samoa)
— Independent State of Samoa
German:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Greek:
Σαμόα
(Samóa)
— Independent State of Samoa
Hawaiian:
Kāmoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Hawaiian:
Haʻamoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Hindi:
समोआ
(samoā)
— Independent State of Samoa
Hungarian:
Szamoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Interlingua:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Irish:
Samó
— Independent State of Samoa
Irish:
Stát Neamhspleách Shamó
— Independent State of Samoa
Italian:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Japanese:
サモア
— Independent State of Samoa
Khmer:
សាម័រ
(saamɔə)
— Independent State of Samoa
Korean:
사모아
— Independent State of Samoa
Latvian:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Macedonian:
Само́а
(Samóa)
— Independent State of Samoa
Māori:
Hāmoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Nahuatl:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Navajo:
Samóa
— Independent State of Samoa
Niuean:
Hamoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Norman:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Norwegian Bokmål:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Persian:
ساموآ
(sâmo-â)
— Independent State of Samoa
Polish:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Portuguese:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Rarotongan:
ʻĀmoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Romanian:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Russian:
Само́а
(Samóa)
— Independent State of Samoa
Samoan:
Sāmoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Serbo-Croatian:
Само̀а
— Independent State of Samoa
Serbo-Croatian:
Samòa
— Independent State of Samoa
Spanish:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Swedish:
Samoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Tahitian:
Hāmoa
— Independent State of Samoa
Telugu:
సమోవా
(samōvā)
— Independent State of Samoa
Thai:
ซามัว
(saa-muua)
— Independent State of Samoa
