Editing Pago Pago, American Samoa (section)

==Etymology and pronunciation==
The origin of the name ''Pago Pago'' is uncertain. One hypothesis suggests that it is derived from the [[Samoan language]], where it is interpreted to mean "place of prayer."<ref name="Pago Pago 2024 Page 2">''The city trip guide for Pago Pago'' (2024). YouGuide Ltd. Page 2. {{ISBN|978-1-83706-279-9}}.</ref>

The letter "g" in [[Samoan language|Samoan]] sounds like "ng"; thus Pago Pago is pronounced "pahngo pahngo."<ref name="Cruise Travel Vol 1980 Page 60">''Cruise Travel Vol. 2, No. 1'' (July 1980). Lakeside Publishing Co. Page 60. {{ISSN|0199-5111}}.</ref><ref name="latimes">{{cite news|url=https://latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-buses-uber-pago-pago-20151105-story.html|title=Uber, schmuber. Behold the buses of Pago Pago ...|newspaper=LA Times|date=10 November 2015|access-date=November 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021060505/http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-buses-uber-pago-pago-20151105-story.html|archive-date=October 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.frommers.com/destinations/samoa/in-depth/language |title=Language in Samoa &#124; Frommer's |access-date=2019-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814033535/https://www.frommers.com/destinations/samoa/in-depth/language |archive-date=2019-08-14 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Craig, Robert D. (2004). ''Handbook of Polynesian Mythology''. ABC-CLIO. Page 17. {{ISBN|9781576078945}}.</ref><ref>Fraser, Peter (2010). ''More Curious Than Cautious''. Dog Ear Publishing. Page 122. {{ISBN|9781598587708}}.</ref><ref>Leib, Amos Patten (1972). ''The Many Islands of Polynesia''. Schuster Merchandise. Page 60. {{ISBN|9780684130101}}.</ref>

An early name for Pago Pago was '''Long Bay''' (Samoan: O le Fagaloa), which was a name used by the first permanent inhabitants to settle in the Pago Pago area.<ref name="Shaffer-2000"/>{{rp|26}}<ref>Gray, John Alexander Clinton (1960). ''Amerika Samoa: a history of American Samoa and its United States Naval Administration''. United States Naval Institute. Page 123.</ref><ref name="Gray-1980">Gray, John Alexander Clinton (1980). ''Amerika Samoa''. Arno Press. {{ISBN|9780405130380}}.</ref>{{rp|123}} It was also called O le Maputasi ("The Single Chief's House") in compliment to the Mauga, who lived at [[Gagamoe]] in Pago Pago and was the senior to all the other chiefs in the area.<ref name="Gray-1980"/>{{rp|123}}

For a brief period in the 1830s, Pago Pago was also known as Cuthbert's Harbor, named after British Captain Cuthbert, who was the first European to enter Pago Pago Harbor.<ref>Richards, Rhys (1992). ''Samoa's Forgotten Whaling Heritage: American Whaling in Samoan Waters 1824-1878''. Lithographic Services, Limited. Page 63. {{ISBN|978-0-473-01607-4}}.</ref>