Savai

A group of islands situated in latitude 13§30 'and 14§30' south and longitude 168§ and 173§ west, and composed principally of fertile mountainous islands, such as Savai'i, Upolu, Tutuila, Manu'a, of volcanic and coral formations.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

His only difficulties arose from jealousy on the part of Takua and Savai, who, living at Mboli, were very wroth at his not being their tame Pakeha, at his asserting his independence, his motive in coming to teach all, and make known to all alike a common message.

Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873

Eastern nations indulge in this kind of hyperbole, which seems to us rather to overstep the sublime, but we cannot be astonished when we read in the Zgand-Savai (Golden Tulip) of China, that "no one can be a great poet, unless he have the majestic carriage of the elephant, the bright eyes of the partridge, the agility of the antelope, and a face rivalling the radiance of the full moon."

History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873

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