Samoa

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Code

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000239 Map of Samoa

Scope note(s)

  • Comprises western Samoa Islands; area was settled by Polynesians (probably from Tonga) of lapita tradition by 1000 BCE; large societies developed by 300 BCE; controlled by Germany, Britain, and the United States in the late 19th century; controlled by New Zealand after WW I; official languages are Samoan (a Polynesian dialect) and English.

Source note(s)

  • Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

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Hierarchical terms

Samoa

Samoa

Equivalent terms

Samoa

  • UF Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Samoa
  • UF Samoa, Independent State of
  • UF Independent State of Samoa

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Samoa

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