Samoa

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

  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.
  2. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.

Derived terms

Translations

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

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Samoa

  1. Samoa (a country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania; capital and largest city: Apia)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Samoa m

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Samoa

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

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Samoa

  1. 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)

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

Declension

Further reading

Danish

Proper noun

Samoa

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

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

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

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Samoan Sāmoa.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Samoa

  1. 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)
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.
Possessive forms of Samoa (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
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
abessive Samoattani
instructive
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
abessive Samoattasi
instructive
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
abessive Samoattamme
instructive
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
abessive Samoattanne
instructive
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
abessive Samoattaan
Samoattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.mɔ.a/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Samoa m

  1. Samoa (a country in Polynesia)

Proper noun

Samoa f pl (plural only)

  1. 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)

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

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈmɔ.a/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔa
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧mò‧a

Proper noun

Samoa f

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Samoa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

Romanization

Samoa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of サモア

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sāmoa f sg (genitive Sāmoae); first declension

  1. (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
nominative Sāmoa
genitive Sāmoae
dative Sāmoae
accusative Sāmoam
ablative Sāmoā
vocative Sāmoa
locative Sāmoae

Latvian

Proper noun

Samoa f (4th declension)

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

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Samoa

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

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Samoa

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

See also

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈmɔ.a/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔa
  • Syllabification: Sa‧mo‧a

Proper noun

Samoa n (indeclinable, related adjective samoański)

  1. 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

    Pronunciation

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

    • Audio (Brazil):(file)
    • Hyphenation: Sa‧mo‧a

    Proper noun

    Samoa f

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

    Samoan

    Proper noun

    Samoa

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

    Slovak

    Etymology

    Derived from Samoan Sāmoa.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsamɔa/

    Proper noun

    Samoa f

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

    Declension

    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

    1. 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)

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

    See also

    Further reading

    Turkish

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Proper noun

    Samoa

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

    Declension

    Declension of Samoa
    singular
    nominative Samoa
    accusative Samoa'yı
    dative Samoa'ya
    locative Samoa'da
    ablative Samoa'dan
    genitive Samoa'nın
    Possessive forms 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

    Turkmen

    Proper noun

    Samoa

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

    Welsh

    Proper noun

    Samoa (not mutable)

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

    Derived terms

    • Samoaidd (Samoan, adjective)
    • Samoiad (Samoan person)

    See also