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# samoan

«samoan» in Mova's school dictionary: **from or belonging to Samoa, islands in the Pacific Ocean** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Samoan means from or belonging to Samoa, islands in the Pacific Ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#m1)

2) A Samoan is a person from Samoa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#m2)

3) Samoan is the language spoken there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/#m3)

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

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [In Auckland, Koa's grandad in Samoa sends voice messages in Samoan; Koa understands half, and his mum translates the rest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/513-grandparents-abroad-and-grandparents-you-never-met/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «samoan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/samoan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.