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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital of American Samoa, on the southern coast of Tutuila Island. It is a port and naval station.

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  • noun a port in American Samoa

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Examples

  • It's the town of Pago Pago, which is all around a harbor right here, as can you see.

    CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009 2009

  • The test turned out to be an essay on the geography and climate of a place called Pago Pago.

    Goodnight Nobody Jennifer Weiner 2005

  • The test turned out to be an essay on the geography and climate of a place called Pago Pago.

    Goodnight Nobody Jennifer Weiner 2005

  • The test turned out to be an essay on the geography and climate of a place called Pago Pago.

    Goodnight Nobody Jennifer Weiner 2005

  • In Kenya, an enraged Mau-Mau had speared her mama, Mimi, with a tse-tse fly; and in the jungles of Pago Pago, a dum-dum shell to the back of the head had sent her papa, Pepe, to the promised land.

    David Macaray: Double Agents David Macaray 2011

  • In Kenya, an enraged Mau-Mau had speared her mama, Mimi, with a tse-tse fly; and in the jungles of Pago Pago, a dum-dum shell to the back of the head had sent her papa, Pepe, to the promised land.

    David Macaray: Double Agents David Macaray 2011

  • Unbelievably, Pan Am Flight One and Pan Am Flight Two, our famous round-the-world flights, were discontinued, as were the more exotic destinations such as Belem, Monrovia, Keflavik, and Pago Pago.

    Orphaned by Job Loss: Pan Am Soaring Downward 2010

  • In the last week of September 1917, a battered launch struggled into the harbor of Pago Pago, in the U.S. territory of Samoa, bearing the sunburned and dehydrated figures of four American merchant seamen.

    The Wolf That Ravaged the Pacific Richard Guilliatt 2010

  • In the last week of September 1917, a battered launch struggled into the harbor of Pago Pago, in the U.S. territory of Samoa, bearing the sunburned and dehydrated figures of four American merchant seamen.

    The Wolf That Ravaged the Pacific Richard Guilliatt 2010

  • The unthinkable was happening -- in Manila, in Papeete, in Pago Pago, and in Bali -- and an air of paranoia began to surface.

    Orphaned by Job Loss: Pan Am Soaring Downward 2010

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