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Sa•mo•a
Pronunciation: (su-mō'u), [key]—
n.
a group of islands in the S Pacific, the islands W of 170° W longitude constituting an independent state and the rest belonging to the U.S. Formerly,
Navigators Islands. Cf.
American Samoa, Western Samoa. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.