The Samoan Islands (Samoan: Motu o Sāmoa) are an archipelago covering 3,030 km2 (1,170 sq mi) in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and...
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the uninhabited Jarvis Island. American Samoa consists of the eastern part of the Samoan archipelago—the inhabited volcanic islands of Tutuila, Aunuʻu, Ofu...
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discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a Samoan language and Samoan cultural identity. Samoa is a unitary parliamentary...
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islands with which Samoa has long had genealogical links as well as shared cultural traditions. European explorers first reached the Samoan islands in...
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Samoans or Samoan people (Samoan: tagata Sāmoa) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the...
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Samoan Americans are Americans of Samoan origin, including those who emigrated from the United States Territory of American Samoa and immigrants from...
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would imply that Samoa has authority over all the Samoan islands, including American Samoa. Samoan crisis of the 1880s Unification of Saint Martin Hermann...
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the Samoan Islands into American Samoa and German Samoa. First Samoan Civil War Samoan crisis Mata'afa Iosefo Malietoa Tanumafili I German Samoa Siege...
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Anoaʻi family (redirect from Samoan Gangstas)
The Anoaʻi family (Samoan: [anoˈaʔi] ah-noh-AH ee) is a family of professional wrestlers originating from the Samoan Islands. Family members have comprised...
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Samoan (Gagana faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa; IPA: [ŋaˈŋana ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands. Administratively...
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Latter-day Saints in the Samoan Islands refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members on the Samoan Islands. In 1890, there were...
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The Manuʻa Islands, or the Manuʻa tele (Samoan: Manuʻa tele), in the Samoan Islands, consists of three main islands: Taʻū, Ofu and Olosega. The latter...
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territory in the Samoan Islands Samoan language, the native language of the Samoan Islands Samoans, a Polynesian ethnic group of the Samoan Islands This disambiguation...
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German Samoa (German: Deutsch-Samoa; Samoan: Siamani-Sāmoa) was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1920, consisting of the islands of Upolu, Savai'i,...
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The Samoan crisis was a standoff between the United States, the German Empire, and the British Empire from 1887 to 1889 over control of the Samoan Islands...
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Samoan Australians refers to Australian citizens or residents who are of ethnic Samoan descent or people born in Samoa but grew up in Australia. However...
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rival Samoan factions in the Samoan Islands of the South Pacific. The political struggle lasted roughly between 1886 and 1894, primarily between Samoans contesting...
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divided the Samoan archipelago. The eastern Samoan islands became territories of the United States and later became known as American Samoa. The U.S. formally...
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Swains Island (/ˈsweɪnz/; Tokelauan: Olohega [oloˈhɛŋa]; Samoan: Olosega [oloˈsɛŋa]) is a remote coral atoll in the Tokelau volcanic island group in the...
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The Samoan archipelago is a chain of 16 islands and numerous seamounts covering 3,123 km2 (1,206 sq mi) in the central South Pacific, south of the equator...
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Tutuila (redirect from Tutuila (American Samoa))
populous island of American Samoa and is part of the archipelago of the Samoan Islands. It is the third largest island in the Samoan Islands chain of...
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Upolu (redirect from Upolu, Samoa)
second largest of the Samoan Islands by area. With approximately 145,000 inhabitants, it is by far the most populous of the Samoan Islands. Upolu is situated...
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The traditional culture of Samoa is a communal way of life based on Fa'a Samoa, the unique socio-political culture. In Samoan culture, most activities are...
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the island, some of the highest such escarpments in the world. While the Samoan islands have not shown evidence of volcanism for many years, the Samoa hotspot...
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Samoa is a country in the South Pacific. Samoa may also refer to: Samoan Islands, an archipelago comprising all of Samoa and most of American Samoa American...
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the night. His wife is Ele'ele. Samoan mythology is a variant of a more general Polynesian mythology in the Samoa Islands. Afa Atonga Atu Faʻatiu Fisaga...
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Below are some Samoan plant names in alphabetical order in the Samoan language and their corresponding descriptions in English. Many are used in traditional...
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architecture of Samoa is characterised by openness, with the design mirroring the culture and life of the Samoan people who inhabit the Samoa Islands. Architectural...
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2009 Samoa earthquake – Fotopedia NZ Samoans head home to loved ones – One News Tsunami in Samoa Islands – Disasters Charter Tsunami Animation: Samoan Islands...
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Savaiʻi (redirect from Savaiʻi, Samoa)
highest island both in Samoa and in the Samoan Islands chain. The island is also the sixth largest in Polynesia, behind the three main islands of New Zealand...
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