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SAMOA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Samoa; Samoan Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Samoa"):

Independent State of Samoa; Samoa; Samoa i Sisifo; Western Samoa (a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific)

American Samoa; AS; Eastern Samoa (a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa)

Meronyms (members of "Samoa"):

Samoan (a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands)

Holonyms ("Samoa" is a part of...):

Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific

Synonyms:

Independent State of Samoa; Samoa; Samoa i Sisifo; Western Samoa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Samoa"):

Apia; capital of Western Samoa (the capital of Western Samoa)

Holonyms ("Samoa" is a part of...):

Samoa; Samoan Islands (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)

Derivation:

Samoan (of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or culture)

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