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apia

/ˈɑpɪˌɑ/

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What does apia mean?

proper noun

  1. The capital city of Samoa.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɑpɪˌɑ/

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And on the third day I was picked up by a brig from Apia to San Francisco.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe island of Doctor MoreauProject Gutenberg ebook #159
It was not uncommon at Apia to see a young woman swimming alongside a small canoe with a passenger for the Spray.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317
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Did ever mortal man hear tell o' sic a ticklin' ferlie As the comin' on to Apia here o' the painter Mr Nerli?
Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) JappRobert Louis Stevenson: A Record, an Estimate, and a MemorialProject Gutenberg ebook #590
In the Bay of Apia, in the Samoan Islands, I have seen native boys diving from a canoe under the bottom of a great ocean steamer.
A. R. (Alfred Rochefort) CalhounHealthful Sports for BoysProject Gutenberg ebook #6129
Well, the man who tried to do what Damien did, is my father, and the father of the man in the Apia bar, and the father of all who love goodness; and he was your father too, if God had given you grace to see it.
Robert Louis StevensonFather Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of HonoluluProject Gutenberg ebook #281