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 

• SAMOAN ISLANDS (noun)

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)