Samoa

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/
  • (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)

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 (related 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

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

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/
  • (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

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

compounds

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.mɔ.a/
  • (file)

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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaˈmoːa/
  • (file)
  • (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

Proper noun

Samoa f

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

Derived terms

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.

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 (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)

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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔa
  • Syllabification: Sa‧mo‧a

Proper noun

Samoa n

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

Derived terms

adjective
  • samoański
nouns
  • Samoanka
  • Samoańczyk

Further reading

  • Samoa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

  • (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 (genitive singular Samoy, declension pattern of žena)

  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, 2024

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Samoa

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

Declension

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)
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