samoa

Other forms of samoa

plural

samoas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about samoa

What does samoa mean?

samoa means "a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in samoa?

samoa has 3 syllables: sa-mo-a. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /səˈmoʊə/.

What is another word for samoa?

Close synonyms include Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo, Samoan Islands. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is samoa a common word?

samoa is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.