Samoa [Islands] - Samoa

Japanese: サモア[諸島] - サモア
Samoa [Islands] - Samoa
A group of islands in the central South Pacific Ocean, located between 168° and 175° west longitude and 13° and 15° south latitude. Formerly a kingdom, the Dutchman Roggeveen arrived in 1722. In 1899, it was divided along the 171° west longitude into American Samoa in the east and German Samoa (which gained independence in 1962 and was renamed Western Samoa in 1997).
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Japanese:
南太平洋中央部,西経168°〜175°,南緯13°〜15°にある島々。もと王国をなしていたが,1722年オランダ人ロッゲフェーンが来航。1899年西経171°線で,東のアメリカ領サモアとドイツ領のサモア(1962年独立,1997年西サモアから改称)に分割された。
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