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SAMOAN ISLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Samoan Islands mean?
• SAMOAN ISLANDS (noun)
The noun SAMOAN ISLANDS has 1 sense:
1. a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop
Familiarity information: SAMOAN ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Samoa; Samoan Islands
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Samoan Islands"):
Independent State of Samoa; Samoa; Samoa i Sisifo; Western Samoa (a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific)
American Samoa; AS; Eastern Samoa (a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa)
Meronyms (members of "Samoan Islands"):
Samoan (a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands)
Holonyms ("Samoan Islands" is a part of...):
Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)
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