Samoan
South Seas native
Samoan refers to the people, language, or culture of Samoa, a Pacific island nation divided between the independent state of Samoa and American Samoa.
The Samoan language is Polynesian, related to Hawaiian and Tahitian.
My grandmother speaks fluent Samoan.
Samoan tattoo traditions have gained worldwide recognition.
Of Pacific island peoples
- Pacific IslanderNative of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- tapaSpanish appetizer portion
- AustronesianPacific-spanning language family
Oceanian · Melanesian · Tongan · Fijian · Maori · Hawaiian · kava
Top-ranking leader
- villageSmall rural community
- familyRelated people together
- communalShared by a community
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
respect · church · Sunday · earth oven · tattoo · dance · rugby · tradition
Largest body of water
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- OceaniaPacific island collective
South Pacific · islands · coral reef · rainforest · plantation · tsunami · cyclone · territory
Polynesian
Of Pacific island peoples
- Pacific IslanderNative of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- tapaSpanish appetizer portion
Austronesian · Oceanian · Melanesian · Tongan · Fijian · Maori · Hawaiian · kava
chief
Top-ranking leader
hospitality · respect · church · Sunday · earth oven · tattoo · dance · rugby · tradition · ceremony
Pacific Ocean
Largest body of water
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
Oceania · South Pacific · islands · coral reef · rainforest · plantation · tsunami · cyclone · territory · independence
language
System of symbolic communication
- AustronesianPacific-spanning language family
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
proverb · Tongan · Hawaiian · Tahitian · dialect · phonology · syntax · bilingual · immersion · vernacular
- Islandersislander, Hawaiians, Hawaiian, Fijians, Jamaican
- Indigenous LanguagesNavajo, Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota, Ojibwe
- Indigenous PeoplesAboriginal, First Nations, Aboriginals, Native Americans, Inuit
- Pacific PeoplesTongan, Hawaiian, Maori, Fijian, Tahitian
- Polynesian languagesTongan, Hawaiian, Maori, Tahitian
- Pacific languagesHawaiian, Maori, Fijian, Tongan, Tahitian
- American SamoaU.S. territory near Fiji
- fa'a SamoaSamoan cultural heritage system
- Samoan danceTraditional Polynesian performance art