Samoa
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsaʊ.məʊ.ə/
- (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): (file) Audio (UK): (file)
Proper noun
Samoa
- 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.
- A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
Derived terms
Translations
Independent State of Samoa
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Noun
Samoa (plural Samoas)
- (US) A kind of cookie with coconut flavoring, often sold by Girl Scouts.
See also
countries in Oceania (appendix)edit
- Appendix:Countries of the world
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Samoa
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania; capital and largest city: Apia)
Related terms
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Samoa m
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Samoa
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Samoa
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsamoa]
Proper noun
Samoa f (relational adjective samojský, demonym Samojec, female demonym Samojka)
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Declension
Declension of Samoa (sg-only feminine in -oa/-ua)
singular | |
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nominative | Samoa |
genitive | Samoy |
dative | Samoi |
accusative | Samou |
vocative | Samoo |
locative | Samoi |
instrumental | Samoou |
Related terms
Further reading
- “Samoa”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Samoa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Samoa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Danish
Proper noun
Samoa
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Related terms
See also
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: (file) - Hyphenation: Sa‧moa
- Rhymes: -oːaː
Proper noun
Samoa n
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Derived terms
- Amerikaans-Samoa
- Samoaan m / Samoaanse f
- Samoaans
- West-Samoa
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑmoɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mo̞ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑmoɑ
- Syllabification(key): Sa‧mo‧a
- Hyphenation(key): Sa‧moa
Proper noun
Samoa
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Declension
Inflection of Samoa (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
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Derived terms
compounds
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.mɔ.a/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Samoa m
Proper noun
Samoa f pl (plural only)
- Samoa (an archipelago of Polynesia)
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaˈmoːa/
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Samoa n (proper noun, genitive Samoas or (optionally with an article) Samoa)
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Derived terms
- Amerikanisch-Samoa
- Ostsamoa
- Samoa-Insel
- Samoaner
- samoanisch
- Westsamoa
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈmɔ.a/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔa
- Hyphenation: Sa‧mò‧a
Proper noun
Samoa f
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Samoa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Japanese
Romanization
Samoa
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsaː.mo.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsaː.mo.a]
Proper noun
Sāmoa f sg (genitive Sāmoae); first declension
- (New Latin) Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Sāmoa |
genitive | Sāmoae |
dative | Sāmoae |
accusative | Sāmoam |
ablative | Sāmoā |
vocative | Sāmoa |
locative | Sāmoae |
Latvian
Proper noun
Samoa f (4th declension)
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Related terms
- Amerikāņu Samoa
- Rietumsamoa
See also
countries in Oceania (appendix)edit
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Samoa
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Related terms
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Samoa
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Related terms
See also
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈmɔ.a/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔa
- Syllabification: Sa‧mo‧a
Proper noun
Samoa n (indeclinable, related adjective samoański)
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
- Samoanka
- Samoańczyk
See also
Further reading
- Samoa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Samôa (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈmo.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /saˈmo.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐˈmo.ɐ/, /saˈmo.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐˈmo(w).ɐ/, /saˈmo(w).ɐ/
Audio (Brazil): (file) - Hyphenation: Sa‧mo‧a
Proper noun
Samoa f
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Related terms
Samoan
Proper noun
Samoa
- alternative form of Sāmoa: Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsamɔa/
Proper noun
Samoa f
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Declension
Declension of Samoa
singulare tantum | |
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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, 2003–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈmoa/ [saˈmo.a]
- Rhymes: -oa
- Syllabification: Sa‧mo‧a
Proper noun
Samoa f
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Derived terms
Swedish
Proper noun
Samoa n (genitive Samoas)
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- Samoa in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Samoa
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Declension
singular | |
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nominative | Samoa |
accusative | Samoa'yı |
dative | Samoa'ya |
locative | Samoa'da |
ablative | Samoa'dan |
genitive | Samoa'nın |
singular | plural | |
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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
Turkmen
Proper noun
Samoa
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Welsh
Proper noun
Samoa (not mutable)
- Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)
Derived terms
- Samoaidd (“Samoan”, adjective)
- Samoiad (“Samoan person”)