SAMOAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Samoan mean? 

• SAMOAN (noun)
  The noun SAMOAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands

  Familiarity information: SAMOAN used as a noun is very rare.

• SAMOAN (adjective)
  The adjective SAMOAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or culture

  Familiarity information: SAMOAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAMOAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Samoan" is a kind of...):

Polynesian (a native or inhabitant of Polynesia)

Holonyms ("Samoan" is a member of...):

Samoa; Samoan Islands (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)

• SAMOAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Samoan fishing industry

Pertainym:

Samoa (a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific)

Derivation:

Samoa (a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific)

 Context examples 

Samoan vaccination rates dropped in 2018 after two small children died from a faulty vaccine.

(Samoan government temporarily shuts down for nationwide measles vaccination drive, Wikinews)

The term covers particularly people who identify themselves as part-Hawaiian, Native Hawaiian, Guamanian or Chamorro, Carolinian, Samoan, Chuu.

(Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)

Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi noted on Monday, the fatalities were all unvaccinated.

(Samoan government temporarily shuts down for nationwide measles vaccination drive, Wikinews)

The Samoan government declared a state of emergency on November 15, shut down all schools as of November 17, and later banned children from public gatherings in an effort to curb the spread of the disease.

(Samoan government temporarily shuts down for nationwide measles vaccination drive, Wikinews)