- An island group of the southern Pacific Ocean east-northeast of Fiji, divided betweenAmerican Samoa and Western Samoa. The islands were originally populated by Polynesians perhaps as early as 1000 b.c. and were first sighted by European explorers in 1722. Dual administration of the archipelago was established by treaty in 1899. 萨摩亚：南太平洋上斐济东北偏东的一个岛群，被分为美属萨摩亚 和 西萨摩亚， 可能早在 公元前 一千年波利尼西亚人最初居住在此，1722年欧洲探险家首先发出此岛，1899年开始建立了合约规定的群岛双重管理