adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Tahitian
Example Sentences
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Pitcairn's people are descended from the mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Army Corps of Engineers’ cleanup efforts, agreed to include Tahitian Terrace but not the Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
"They poisoned us," Hinamoeura Cross, a 37-year-old Tahitian parliamentarian who was aged seven when France detonated its last nuclear explosion near her home in French Polynesia in 1996.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Five months after her 100th birthday, the Palisades fire tore through Tahitian Terrace, destroying her double-wide trailer and 156 other homes in the park.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025
There are three centers for these legends, New Zealand in the south, Hawaii in the north, and the Tahitian group including the Hervey Islands in the east.
From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by Westervelt, W. D.
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