Where does “ʻĀmoa” come from?

ʻĀmoa (Rarotongan) comes from Samoan Sāmoa, from Samoan sā — sacred.

Ancestry of “ʻĀmoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SamoanSāmoa—
2Samoansāsacred
Every word from Samoan sā →Every word from Samoan Sāmoa →