English
Samoa
Samoa comes from Samoan Sāmoa.
- SamoanmodernSāmoa
- EnglishtodaySamoa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- SamoanmodernSāmoa
- EnglishtodaySamoa
Every English word from Samoan Sāmoa
Today it means
name 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.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Samoan Sāmoa / Samoa