APIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Apia mean? 

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

1. the capital of Western Samoa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• APIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital of Western Samoa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Apia; capital of Western Samoa

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Apia" is a part of...):

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)

 Context examples 

On the same day, the Apia Observatory in Western Samoa observed a highly unusual aurora, which are typically only observed in at the poles.

(Space Weather Events Linked to Human Activity, NASA)