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# samoan

adjective (Samoan); noun (a Samoan, Samoans; Samoan — the language)

«samoan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Samoan means from or belonging to Samoa, islands in the Pacific Ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#m1)
2. A Samoan is a person from Samoa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#m2)
3. Samoan is the language spoken there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons Samoa is in Polynesia; many Samoans live in New Zealand and Australia, and Samoan is widely spoken in Auckland. Phrases: Samoan language, Samoan culture.

### Examples

- She speaks Samoan with her grandmother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#x1)
- The Samoan rugby team did a war dance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#x2)
- Samoan people live on the islands of the Pacific. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#x3)
- My friend's family is Samoan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#x4)
- Many Samoans live in New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#x5)
- «Talofa» means hello in Samoan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#x6)

### Note

Capital S. American Samoa is a separate US territory near Samoa.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «samoan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«samoan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/samoan.html) on Mova free.