Samar

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Philippines/ˈsa.mɐɾ/US/ˈsɑmɑɹ/UK/ˈsɑːmɑː/

proper noun

An island of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines.

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Meanings

Samar1

Samar2

proper noun
  1. A city, the administrative centre of Samar Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
    1. An urban hromada of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, established in June 2020.
    2. A raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, established in 1923.

Samar3

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Samar4

proper noun
  1. A gewog of Haa District, Bhutan.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Samar · proper noun

  1. Waray-Waraysamad
  2. SpanishSámar
  3. EnglishSamar

From Spanish Sámar, from Waray-Waray samad.

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Samar · proper noun

  1. UkrainianСамар
  2. EnglishSamar

From Ukrainian Самар (Samar)

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Samar · proper noun

  1. Sanskritसमर
  2. Sanskritसमर
  3. EnglishSamar

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर (samara).

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Samar · proper noun

  1. dzས་དམར་
  2. EnglishSamar

Borrowed from Dzongkha ས་དམར་ (sa dmar).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 薩馬 /萨马
  • 薩馬 /萨马 (Sàmǎ)island
Japanese サマール島
  • サマール島 (samārutō)island
Russian Самарь
  • Самарь (Samarʹ)city in Ukraine
Spanish Sámar
  • Sámarisland
Tagalog Samar
  • Samarisland
Ukrainian Самар
  • Самарcity in Ukraine

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Samar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Samar

MLA

“Samar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Samar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Samar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Samar.

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