MeSH definition : An island group and constitutional monarchy in the southwest central Pacific Ocean.
The capital is Apia. The islands were jointly administered by England, the United
States, and Germany 1889-99, with the chief islands of Savai'i and Upolu recognized
as German until 1919. Western Samoa gained independence in 1962 and assumed its present
formal name in 1997.;
MeSH synonym : western samoa; samoa, independent state;
MeSH annotation : a monarchy; do not confuse with SAMOA, the island group in Polynesia; AMERICAN SAMOA
is also available;
Wikipedia link supervised : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent state of samoa;
An island group and constitutional monarchy in the southwest central Pacific Ocean.
The capital is Apia. The islands were jointly administered by England, the United
States, and Germany 1889-99, with the chief islands of Savai'i and Upolu recognized
as German until 1919. Western Samoa gained independence in 1962 and assumed its present
formal name in 1997.