Samoanadj.n.
/səˈməʊən/, U.S. /səˈmoʊən/ A. adj.
Pertaining to Samoa, or the Samoans. Samoan dove or pigeon, the tooth-billed pigeon. (In dictionaries: cf. quot. 1864.)
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Pacific islands > [adjective]
Otaheitana1771
Tahitian1822
Fijian1846
Samoan1846
Micronesian1847
Niuean1868
Tonga1891
Gilbertese1893
Lifuan1917
Pascuan1940
Palauan1946
Belauan1974
1846 G. A. Lundie Missionary Life Samoa xxii. 140 The Samoan language.
1864 Reader 28 May 687/1 A species of ground-pigeon from the Samoan Islands.
B. n.
1. A native of Samoa.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Pacific islands > [noun]
Otaheitan1769
South Sea Islander1777
Pacific Islander1785
Polynesian1807
Fijian1809
Tahitian1825
Pitcairner1831
Rarotongan1837
Micronesian1847
Tongan1853
Samoan1856
Niuean1863
Solomon Islander1864
Lifuan1873
Cook Islander1888
Gilbertese1902
Nauruan1921
Trobriander1922
Pascuan1937
Palauan1946
Marshallese1948
Trobriand Islander1951
Belauan1974
Tuvaluan1975
1856 J. C. Patteson Let. in C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson (1874) I. vii. 262 Another crew arrived with a Samoan teacher... I rode out pick-a-back on the Samoan, Leonard following on a half-naked Anaitean.
1871 C. M. Yonge Pioneers & Founders ix. 250 These Samoans, though they deified many animals, had no temples, idols, priests, nor sacrifices.
1875 W. S. Jevons Money iv. 28 The fine woven mats so much valued by the Samoans.
1894 Outing 24 355/1 Roast pig is a joy for ever to a Samoan.
2. The Samoan language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Polynesian > Polynesian languages
Maori1828
Rarotongan1835
Samoan1846
Mota1865
Niue1885
Tongan1897
Niuean1899
Marquesan1919
Palauan1953
Pascuense1953
te reo1958
Cook Islands Maori1963
te reo Maori1987
1846 G. A. Lundie Missionary Life Samoa xxi. 135 Mrs. Murray prayed in Samoan.
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