# Samoa
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa. See there for more.

### Pronunciation

* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈsaʊ.məʊ.ə/
* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈsaːˌmaʉ̯.ə/
* (Samoa) IPA: /saː.mo.a/
* (UK) IPA: /səˈməʊ.ə/
* (US) enPR: sə-mō'ə, IPA: /səˈmoʊ.ə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* American Samoa
* German Samoa
* Samoan
* Samoa Standard Time
* Samoa time
* Western Samoa

#### Translations
### Noun

Samoa (plural Samoas)
* (US) A kind of cookie with coconut flavoring, often sold by Girl Scouts.

### See also

* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Marshall Islands
* Micronesia
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Appendix:Countries of the world

### Anagrams

* Masao, Osama, omasa

## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* Samoaan
* Samoaans

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [səˈmo.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [saˈmo.a]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* illes Samoa (“Samoan Islands”)
* samoà (“Samoan”)
* Samoa Alemanya (“German Samoa”)
* Samoa Nord-americana (“American Samoa”)
* Samoa Occidental (“Western Samoa”)

### Further reading

* “Samoa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

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

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsamoa]

### Proper noun

Samoa f (relational adjective samojský, demonym Samojec, female demonym Samojka)
* Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* samojština

### Further reading

* “Samoa”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Samoa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Samoa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* samoaner
* samoansk

### See also

* Amerikansk Samoa

## Dutch
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌsaːˈmoː.aː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Sa‧moa
* Rhymes: -oːaː

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Amerikaans-Samoa
* Samoaan m / Samoaanse f
* Samoaans
* West-Samoa

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Samoan Sāmoa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑmoɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝mo̞ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑmoɑ
* Hyphenation: Sa‧moa

### Proper noun

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

#### Declension

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

* samoalainen
* Länsi-Samoa
* samoanlentäväkoira

### Anagrams

* Aamos

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.mɔ.a/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Samoa m
* Samoa (a country in Polynesia)

### Proper noun

Samoa f pl (plural only)
* Samoa (an archipelago in Polynesia)

#### Derived terms

* Samoa américaines

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zaˈmoːa/
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Samoa n (proper noun, genitive Samoas or (optionally with an article) Samoa)
* Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* Amerikanisch-Samoa
* Ostsamoa
* Samoa-Insel
* Samoaner
* samoanisch
* Westsamoa

## Italian
### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* samoano

## Japanese
### Romanization

Samoa
* Rōmaji transcription of サモア

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsaː.mo.a/, [ˈs̠äːmoä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsa.mo.a/, [ˈsäːmoä]

### Proper noun

Sāmoa f sg (genitive Sāmoae); first declension
* (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.

## Latvian
### Proper noun

Samoa f (4th declension)
* Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* Amerikāņu Samoa
* Rietumsamoa

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* samoaner
* samoansk

### See also

* Amerikansk Samoa

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* samoan, samoanar
* samoansk

### See also

* Amerikansk Samoa

## Polish
### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Samoa n (indeclinable, related adjective samoański)
* Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)

#### Derived terms

* Samoanka
* Samoańczyk

### See also

* Australia
* Fidżi
* Kiribati
* Mikronezja
* Nauru
* Niue
* Nowa Zelandia
* Palau
* Papua-Nowa Gwinea
* Samoa
* Tonga
* Tuvalu ~ Tuwalu
* Vanuatu
* Wyspy Cooka
* Wyspy Marshalla
* Wyspy Salomona

### Further reading

* Samoa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Samôa (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /saˈmo.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /saˈmo.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /saˈmo.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐˈmo.ɐ/, /saˈmo.ɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐˈmo.ɐ/, /saˈmo.ɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /sɐˈmo(w).ɐ/, /saˈmo(w).ɐ/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Hyphenation: Sa‧mo‧a

### Proper noun

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

#### Related terms

* samoano

## Samoan
### Proper noun

Samoa
* 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: /ˈsamɔa/

### Proper noun

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

#### 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: /saˈmoa/ [saˈmo.a]
* Rhymes: -oa
* Syllabification: Sa‧mo‧a

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Samoa Americana
* Samoa Occidental

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Samoa n (genitive Samoas)
* Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)

#### Related terms

* samoan
* samoansk
* samoanska

### Further reading

* Samoa in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Samoalı

### See also

* Avustralya
* Cook Adaları
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Marshall Adaları
* Mikronezya
* Nauru
* Niue
* Palau
* Papua Yeni Gine
* Samoa
* Solomon Adaları
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Yeni Zelanda

## Turkmen
### Proper noun

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

## Welsh
### Proper noun

Samoa (not mutable)
* 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

* Awstralia
* Ciribati
* Fanwatw
* Ffiji
* Micronesia
* Nawrw
* Niue
* Palaw
* Papwa Gini Newydd
* Samoa
* Seland Newydd
* Tonga
* Twfalw
* Ynysoedd Cook
* Ynysoedd Marshall
* Ynysoedd Solomon