Samoa

S1A1M3O1A1
Australia/səˈmoʊ.ə/Australia/ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə//saː.mo.a/UK/səˈməʊ.ə/

proper noun

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.

OriginSamoan Sāmoa →
CommonScrabble 7
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  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.
nounSamoa (plural Samoas)

plural Samoas

  1. USA kind of cookie with coconut flavoring, often sold by Girl Scouts.

Origin

  1. SamoanSāmoa
  2. EnglishSamoa

Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more.

More words from Samoan

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Arabic سَامُوَّا
  • سَامُوَّا (samuwwā)Independent State of Samoa
Bengali সামোয়া
  • সামোয়া (śamōẇa)Independent State of Samoa
Bulgarian Самоа̀
  • Самоа̀ (Samoà)Independent State of Samoa
Catalan Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Chinese Mandarin 薩摩亞 /萨摩亚
  • 薩摩亞 /萨摩亚 (Sàmóyǎ)Independent State of Samoa
Czech Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Danish Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Dutch Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Esperanto Okcidenta Samoo, Samoo
  • Okcidenta SamooIndependent State of Samoa
  • SamooIndependent State of Samoa
Finnish Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
French Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
German Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Greek Σαμόα
  • Σαμόα (Samóa)Independent State of Samoa
Hawaiian Kāmoa, Haʻamoa
  • KāmoaIndependent State of Samoa
  • HaʻamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Hindi समोआ
  • समोआ (samoā)Independent State of Samoa
Hungarian Szamoa
  • SzamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Irish Samó, Stát Neamhspleách Shamó
  • SamóIndependent State of Samoa
  • Stát Neamhspleách ShamóIndependent State of Samoa
Italian Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Japanese サモア
  • サモアIndependent State of Samoa
Korean 사모아
  • 사모아Independent State of Samoa
Latvian Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Māori Hāmoa
  • HāmoaIndependent State of Samoa
Norwegian Bokmål Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Persian ساموآ
  • ساموآ (sâmo-â)Independent State of Samoa
Polish Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Portuguese Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Romanian Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Russian Само́а
  • Само́а (Samóa)Independent State of Samoa
Spanish Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Swedish Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Thai ซามัว
  • ซามัว (saa-muua)Independent State of Samoa
Turkish Samoa
  • SamoaIndependent State of Samoa
Vietnamese Xa-moa
  • Xa-moaIndependent State of Samoa

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

OsamaMasao
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Samoa on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.