American Samoa en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən səˈmoʊ.ə/ (US)
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- /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən səˈməʊ.ə/ (UK)
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An archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of American Samoa. It is distinct from Samoa (formerly: Western Samoa).
SECRETARY James G. Blaine, on April 11, 1889, instructed the American Samoa commissioners at Berlin that the plan of governing natives without their consent was "not in harmony with the established policy of this government."
1899 April 29, Friends' Intelligencer, volume LVI, number 17, Philadelphia, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 329, column 2:In a decision citing American Samoa cultural traditions, those born in the U.S. territory shouldn’t have citizenship automatically forced on them, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.[…] American Samoa is the only unincorporated territory of the United States where the inhabitants are not American citizens at birth.[…] Drawing on the views of the American Samoa people is one of the more gratifying aspects of the ruling, said Michael Williams, an attorney representing the American Samoa government, which intervened to oppose the lawsuit. “It is also vindication for the principle that the people of American Samoa should determine their own status in accordance with Samoan culture and traditions,” he said.
2021 June 16, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, “American Samoa culture plays role in US citizenship ruling”, in AP News, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2021:
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vi Samoa thuộc Mỹ (US overseas territory in Oceania) · hu Amerikai Szamoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · de Amerikanisch-Samoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · eo Usona Samoo (US overseas territory in Oceania) · uk Америка́нське Само́а (US overseas territory in Oceania) · he סָמוֹאָה הָאָמֶרִיקָנִית (US overseas territory in Oceania) · bg Америка́нски Само́а (US overseas territory in Oceania) · br Samoa Amerikan (US overseas territory in Oceania) · et Ameerika Samoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · pt Samoa Americana (US overseas territory in Oceania) · pl Samoa Amerykańskie (US overseas territory in Oceania) · chr ᎠᎺᎵᎧ ᏌᎼᎠ (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ru Восто́чное Само́а (US overseas territory in Oceania) · sm Teritori o Amerika Sāmoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · hi अमेरिकी समोआ (US overseas territory in Oceania) · fi Amerikan Samoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · lo ອາເມຣິກັນຊາມົວ (US overseas territory in Oceania) · af Amerikaans-Samoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · eo Samoo Usona (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ja アメリカン・サモア (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ka ამერიკის სამოა (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ko 미국령 사모아 (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ro Samoa Americană (US overseas territory in Oceania) · mk Амери́канска Само́а (US overseas territory in Oceania) · la Samoa Americana (US overseas territory in Oceania) · no Amerikansk Samoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ia Samoa American (US overseas territory in Oceania) · it Samoa americane (US overseas territory in Oceania) · sv Amerikanska Samoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ar سَامُوَّا اَلْأَمْرِيكِيَّة (US overseas territory in Oceania) · el Αμερικανικές Σαμόα (US overseas territory in Oceania) · nrf Samoa Améthitchain (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ka აღმოსავლეთი სამოა (US overseas territory in Oceania) · th อเมริกันซามัว (US overseas territory in Oceania) · es Samoa Americana (US overseas territory in Oceania) · uk Схі́дне Само́а (US overseas territory in Oceania) · fa ساموآی آمریکا (US overseas territory in Oceania) · cmn 美屬薩摩亞 /美属萨摩亚 (US overseas territory in Oceania) · sm Amerika Sāmoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · lv Amerikāņu Samoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ru Америка́нское Само́а (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ga Samó Mheiriceá (US overseas territory in Oceania) · tr Amerikan Samoası (US overseas territory in Oceania) · ca Samoa Nord-americana (US overseas territory in Oceania) · nl Amerikaans-Samoa (US overseas territory in Oceania) · fr Samoa américaines (US overseas territory in Oceania) · el Αμερικανική Σαμόα (US overseas territory in Oceania) · da Amerikansk Samoa (US overseas territory in Oceania)