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Descriptor English:
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Samoa
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Samoa
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Samoa
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Synonyms English:
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Navigator Island
Samoa Islands
Navigator Islands
Samoan Islands
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Tree Number:
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Z01.639.760.815.800
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Definition English:
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A group of islands in the southwest central Pacific, divided into AMERICAN SAMOA and the INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA (Western Samoa). First European contact was made in 1722 by Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman. In 1768 they were named Navigators Islands by Louis de Bougainville. The present name may derive from that of a local chieftain or from a local word meaning place of the moa, a now-extinct island bird. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1061 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p481) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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an island group in Polynesia; AMERICAN SAMOA & INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA are also available
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History Note English:
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96; was see WESTERN SAMOA 1994-95
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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32614
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Unique Identifier:
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D018947
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