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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 Territory of American Samoa
1991 Territory of American Samoa
1992 Territory of American Samoa
1993 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa
1994 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa
1995 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa
1996 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
1997 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
1998 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
1999 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2000 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2001 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2002 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2003 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2004 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2005 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2006 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2007 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2008 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2009 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2010 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2011 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2012 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2013 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2014 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS
2015 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa | conventional short form: American Samoa | abbreviation: AS | etymology: the name Samoa is composed of two parts, "sa" meaning "sacred" and "moa" meaning "center," so the name can mean Holy Center; alternatively, it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology
2016 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa | conventional short form: American Samoa | abbreviation: AS | etymology: the name Samoa is composed of two parts, "sa" meaning "sacred" and "moa" meaning "center," so the name can mean Holy Center; alternatively, it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology
2017 conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa | conventional short form: American Samoa | abbreviation: AS | etymology: the name Samoa is composed of two parts, "sa" meaning "sacred" and "moa" meaning "center," so the name can mean Holy Center; alternatively, it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology
2018 conventional long form: American Samoa | conventional short form: American Samoa | abbreviation: AS | etymology: the name Samoa is composed of two parts, "sa" meaning "sacred" and "moa" meaning "center," so the name can mean Holy Center; alternatively, it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology
2019 conventional long form: American Samoa | conventional short form: American Samoa | abbreviation: AS | etymology: the name Samoa is composed of two parts, "sa" meaning "sacred" and "moa" meaning "center," so the name can mean Holy Center; alternatively, it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology
2020 conventional long form: American Samoa | conventional short form: American Samoa | abbreviation: AS | etymology: the meaning of Samoa is disputed; some modern explanations are that the "sa" connotes "sacred" and "moa" indicates "center," so the name can mean "Holy Center"; alternatively, some assertions state that it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology; the name, however, may go back to Proto-Polynesian (PPn) times (before 1000 B.C.); a plausible PPn reconstruction ha
2021 conventional long form: American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa abbreviation: AS etymology: the meaning of Samoa is disputed; some modern explanations are that the "sa" connotes "sacred" and "moa" indicates "center," so the name can mean "Holy Center"; alternatively, some assertions state that it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology; the name, however, may go back to Proto-Polynesian (PPn) times (before 1000 B.C.); a plausible PPn reconstruction has the
2022 conventional long form: American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa former: Eastern Samoa abbreviation: AS etymology: the meaning of Samoa is disputed; some modern explanations are that the "sa" connotes "sacred" and "moa" indicates "center," so the name can mean "Holy Center"; alternatively, some assertions state that it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology; the name, however, may go back to Proto-Polynesian (PPn) times (before 1000 B.C.); a plausible PPn r
2023 conventional long form: American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa former: Eastern Samoa abbreviation: AS etymology: the meaning of Samoa is disputed; some modern explanations are that the "sa" connotes "sacred" and "moa" indicates "center," so the name can mean "Holy Center"; alternatively, some assertions state that it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology; the name, however, may go back to Proto-Polynesian (PPn) times (before 1000 B.C.); a plausible PPn r
2024 conventional long form: American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa former: Eastern Samoa abbreviation: AS etymology: the meaning of Samoa is disputed; some modern explanations are that the "sa" connotes "sacred" and "moa" indicates "center," so the name can mean "Holy Center"; alternatively, some assertions state that it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology; the name, however, may go back to Proto-Polynesian (PPn) times (before 1000 B.C.); a plausible PPn r
2025 conventional long form: American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa former: Eastern Samoa abbreviation: AS etymology: the name's meaning is disputed; according to one theory, sa means "sacred" and moa means "center," so the name can mean "Holy Center"; alternatively, some assert that the name can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology; however, the name may pre-date the Polynesian era (before 1000 B.C.), with sa'a meaning "tribe or people" and moa meaning "deep se