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Definitions: Samoa |
SamoaNoun1. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific. 2. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Samoa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Synonyms: SamoaSynonyms: Independent State of Samoa (n), Samoa i Sisifo (n), Western Samoa (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: soa (geography). |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Samoa (Western Samoa until 1997, German Samoa from 1900 to 1914) is a country comprising a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
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| National motto: Xxxxx | |||||
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| Official languages | Samoan, English | ||||
| Capital | Apia | ||||
| Capital's coordinates | 13° 35' S, 172° 20' W | ||||
| monarch/president | Xxxxx | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 165th 2,944 km² 0.3% | ||||
| Population
- Total (2003) - Density | Ranked 173th
178,173 60/km² | ||||
| Independence
- date | from New Zealand
January 1, 1962 | ||||
| Currency | tala (WST) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC -11 | ||||
| National anthem | The Banner of Freedom | ||||
| Internet TLD | .ws | ||||
| Calling Code | 685 | ||||
Settled as early as 1000 BC, Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago.
Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, in August 1914, New Zealand sent an expeditionary force to seize and occupy German Samoa. This was to stop German Samoa being used a naval refueling base in the Pacific. The German forces on the islands did not surrender, nor did they put up a fight.
German Samoa was renamed Western Samoa, New Zealand continued the occupation of Western Samoa throughout World War I. In 1919, under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany dropped its claims to the islands and they were granted to New Zealand as a mandate.
New Zealand administered Western Samoa under the auspices of the League of Nations and then as a United Nations trusteeship until the country received its independence on January 1, 1962 as Western Samoa. Making Samoa the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century.
History
Main article: History of SamoaPolitics
Main article: Politics of SamoaGeography
Main article: Geography of SamoaEconomy
Main article: Economy of SamoaDemographics
Main article: Demographics of SamoaCulture
Main article: Culture of SamoaCulture
Main article: Culture of Samoa
| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
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| January 1 | New Year's Day | ||
| The Friday before Easter Sunday | Good Friday | ||
| First Sunday after the first full moon since the vernal equinox | Easter Sunday | ||
| The day after Easter Sunday | Easter Monday | ||
| April 25 | Anzac Day | ||
| Mothers of Samoa Day | |||
| Independence Day | |||
| Labour Day | |||
| Lotu a Tamaiti | day after White Sunday | ||
| Arbor Day | |||
| December 25 | Christmas Day | ||
| December 26 | Boxing Day |
Miscellaneous topics
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Samoa."
Crosswords: Samoa |
| English words defined with "Samoa": American Samoa, Apia, As ♦ call, capital of Western Samoa ♦ Eastern Samoa ♦ Independent State of Samoa ♦ Pago Pago, Pango Pango ♦ Samoa i Sisifo, Samoan, Society Islands ♦ tala ♦ Western Samoa, Western Samoan monetary unit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Samoa": 95564 ♦ American Samoan ♦ Food Stamp Act of 1964, Food Stamp Program ♦ Island Areas ♦ Nutrition Assistance Programs ♦ Pacific Disaster Center ♦ Resident population ♦ State and equivalent entity ♦ US dollar ♦ West Samoa, WS. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Samoa" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (Samoa, Samoa (ws)), Hungarian (chamois, chamois, chamois). |
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Screenplays | Bought a second-hand schooner that had one, but I never listened until I ran up on a reef in Samoa and had to wait almost a week for help. (Remember WENN; writing credit: Erik Amdrup; Jonas Cornell) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Regina della giungla Samoa (1968) Samoa (1956) On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Some More of Samoa (1941) Today in Samoa (1920) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Coral reef on south shore of American Samoa.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Heavy surf batters south coast of American Samoa, 1971 Orange tripod is hydrographic signal.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Tripod signal on south coast of American Samoa Built by party off of SURVEYOR.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Wave-swept lava rocks on south coast of American Samoa Swan Island in background.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Rocky shores of American Samoa.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | South coast of American Samoa late in the afternoon.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | The kiss of life: practical instruction for a village health worker in Samoa. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by R.J. Gobius.. | | The kiss of life: practical instruction for a village health worker in Samoa. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by R.J. Gobius.. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The special rights and privileges granted to Germany by Article 3 of the Convention of December 2, 1899, relating to Samoa shall be considered to have terminated on August 4, 1914. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The native New Zealanders (Maori) and Pacific Islanders from the Cook Islands and Samoa make-up most of this country's Polynesian population. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Samoa | Television from American Samoa is readily available. (references) |
Samoa | The statement resulted from publication of a private citizen's letter on July 28 in the independent newspaper The Samoa Observer. (references) | |
Samoa | In February 2000, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition brought by government-owned Polynesian Airlines against the independent newspaper The Samoa Observer, which requested the court to jail the newspaper's editors. (references) | |
Economic History | Samoa | Samoa annually receives important financial assistance from abroad. (references) |
Samoa | American Samoans still use the terms Western Samoa and Western Samoans. (references) | |
Samoa | Export markets--New Zealand, Australia, U.S. (includes American Samoa). (references) | |
Political Economy | Samoa | Samoa is a parliamentary democracy that incorporates certain traditional practices into its legislative system. (references) |
Political Rights | Samoa | In elections on March 2, the HRPP won 23 seats and declared victory 2 weeks later when 5 opposition party members switched to the HRPP; the opposition Samoa National Development Party holds 13 seats, and there are 8 United Independents. (references) |
Worker Rights | Samoa | The Samoa National Union, organized in 1994, is a six-member association that includes workers from the three major banks. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Samoa" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Samoa" is used about 118 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 118 | 29,674 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Samoa, CA |
Expressions using "Samoa": american Samoa ♦ capital of Western Samoa ♦ eastern Samoa ♦ Independent State of Samoa ♦ Samoa i Sisifo ♦ West Samoa ♦ western samoa. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
samoa | 818 |
american samoa | 436 |
news samoa | 174 |
western samoa | 123 |
samoa chat | 81 |
observer samoa | 74 |
adidas samoa | 71 |
samoa hotel | 39 |
samoa island | 38 |
samoa map | 33 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Samoa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | Самоа. (various references) | |
Chinese | 萨摩亚. (various references) | |
Danish | Vest-Samoa (The Independent State of Western Samoa), Den uafhaengige stat Vest-Samoa (The Independent State of Western Samoa). (various references) | |
Dutch | West-Samoa (The Independent State of Western Samoa), de Onafhankelijke Staat West-Samoa (The Independent State of Western Samoa). (various references) | |
Esperanto | Usona Samoo (American Samoa). (various references) | |
Finnish | Amerikan Samoan alue (American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa), Amerikan Samoa (American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa). (various references) | |
French | Samoa (Independent State of Samoa, The Independent State of Western Samoa), L'Etat indépendant du Samoa-Occidental (The Independent State of Western Samoa), État indépendant du Samoa-Occidental (Independent State of Samoa), État indépendant du Samoa occidental (Independent State of Samoa). (various references) | |
German | Samoa (Independent State of Samoa, Samoa (ws), The Independent State of Western Samoa). (various references) | |
Greek | 'Εδαφος της Αμερικανικής Σαμόα (American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa), Αμερικανική Σαμόα· Αμερικανικές Σαμόα (American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa). (various references) | |
Italian | Stato Indipendente delle Samoa Occidentali (The Independent State of Western Samoa), Stato independente delle Samoa occidentali (Independent State of Samoa), Samoa Occidentali (Independent State of Samoa, The Independent State of Western Samoa). (various references) | |
Korean | 사모아. (various references) | |
Maori | Haamoa. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amoasay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Samoa Americana (American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa), Território da Samoa Americana (American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa). (various references) | |
Russian | самоа. (various references) | |
Spanish | Samoa Americana (American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa), Territorio de Samoa Americana (American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa). (various references) | |
Swedish | Territoriet Amerikanska Samoa (American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa), Amerikanska Samoa (American Samoa, Territory of American Samoa). (various references) | |
Thai | หมู่เกาะซามัว. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Samoa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Asamoah, Asempa, Asom, Asoma, Osamor, Psamma, Sabou, Sadoo, Sadowa, Saemol, Samad, Samah, Samaha, Samawah, samboa, Sambou, Samco, Samios, samo, Samorat, Samosata, samot, Samsova, Samu, Samuda, Sandoya, Sanha, Sankofa, Sanoh, sanpoa, Sansodar, Sarova, Sasoma, Sehoza, Senmao, Simca, Simcoe, stamocap, Sukowa. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: omasa. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-m-o-s" | |
-1 letter: amas, moas, soma. | |
-2 letters: aas, ama, mas, moa, mos, oms, som. | |
-3 letters: aa, am, as, ma, mo, om, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-m-o-s" | |
+1 letter: abomas, alamos, aromas, samosa, somata. | |
+2 letters: abomasa, abomasi, agamous, amadous, amatols, amazons, amoebas, anosmia, bayamos, caeomas, macacos, oarsman, paramos, samosas, samovar, sarcoma, stomata. | |
+3 letters: abomasal, abomasum, abomasus, adenomas, alamodes, amboinas, amboynas, ambrosia, ammonals, ammonias, amphoras, angiomas, anosmias, armloads, atamasco, atemoyas, axoplasm, blastoma, boatsman, cabombas, camisado, camorras, chloasma, dioramas, gambados, madonnas, madronas, mahonias, mandolas, maniocas, marabous, mariposa, marranos, matadors, mausolea, mojarras, monardas, mosasaur, moussaka, oatmeals, pashadom, roadmaps, sagamore, samovars, sarcomas, sonarman, stomatal, stromata, tamaraos, tokamaks, zamarros. | |
+4 letters: abnormals, achromats, acrosomal, aerograms, amarettos, amauroses, amaurosis, ambrosial, ambrosias, ammoniacs, amoralism, anabolism, anatomies, anatomise, anatomist, animators, anisogamy, anomalies, anomalous, anoxemias, antiatoms, apogamies, apogamous, armonicas, armorials, aromatics, atamascos, atheromas, atonalism, automates, autosomal, axoplasms, azotemias, balmorals, barograms, blastomas, cambogias, camisados, cardamoms, cardamons, catacombs, comanages, dragomans, egomanias, emanators, gambadoes, glaucomas, hematomas, hepatomas, hogmanays, keratomas, macaronis, macaroons, maccaboys, magnolias, maiolicas, majolicas, malaprops, malarious, malaromas, mandators, mandiocas, manganous, marabouts, marathons, mariposas, marjorams, marocains, martagons, maxicoats, mazourkas, melanomas, metazoans, mosasaurs, moussakas, nanograms, oarswoman, osteomata, oxazepams, pachadoms, pagandoms, panoramas, paraforms, paramours, pashadoms, plasmasol, plasmodia, prosomata, sagamores, sarcomata, scalogram, scotomata, squamosal, steamboat, stomodaea, tambouras, teratomas, tomahawks, toxaemias, trachomas, tramroads, vasospasm, washwoman, xanthomas, zoomanias. | |
+5 letters: abominates, allogamies, allogamous, amazonites, ambassador, amblyopias, ameloblast, ametropias, ammoniates, amoebiases, amoebiasis, amoralisms, amyloplast, amyotonias, anabolisms, anadromous, anastomose, anatomised, anatomises, anatomists, anatomizes, andromedas, angiograms, animations, antagonism, aposematic, armadillos, aromatizes, atonalisms, audiograms, autogamies, autogamous, automakers, automatics, automatism, automatist, automatons, axoplasmic, blastomata, calamitous, camisadoes, camorrista, carambolas, carcinomas, catabolism, catamounts, chloasmata, cladograms, cobalamins, comanagers, combatants, cycloramas, damnations, dipsomania, docudramas, egomaniacs, emanations, endamoebas, entamoebas, granulomas, guacamoles, hackamores, harmonicas, hyaloplasm, hypomanias, inamoratas, laminators, loadmaster, macaronics, macaronies, macerators, macroscale, mahoganies, malapropos, malathions, mammograms, maraschino, markswoman, marrowfats, mascarpone, masticator, mayonnaise, meatloaves, melodramas, menopausal, miscatalog, monochasia, monodramas, monomanias, montadales, mosaically, mycoplasma, myrobalans, organismal, palmations, papillomas, paralogism, paramounts, paroxysmal, piroplasma, plasmasols, plasmogamy, pyromanias, radiograms, rampageous, saleswoman, salmonella, sanatorium, sarcolemma, sarcoplasm, sarcosomal, scalograms, scaramouch, scleromata, simoniacal, squamation, squamosals, staminodia, steamboats, stomodaeal, tamarillos, toxoplasma, vasospasms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6D 6F 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- -- --- .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101101 01101111 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a m o a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006D 006F 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5367798167 |
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