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Bora Bora

American  
[bawr-uh bawr-uh, bohr-uh bohr-uh] / ˈbɔr ə ˈbɔr ə, ˈboʊr ə ˈboʊr ə /

noun

  1. an island in the Society Islands, in the S Pacific, NW of Tahiti. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).


Bora Bora British  
/ ˈbɔːrə ˈbɔːrə /

noun

  1. an island in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia, in the Society Islands: one of the Leeward Islands. Area: 39 sq km (15 sq miles)

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Going to a nice destination, whether it be Rome or Bora Bora.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

The ProPublica articles had set out a list of undisclosed lavish gifts—including dozens of all-expenses-paid exotic travel—that went from here to Bora Bora.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2024

The reorganization, known internally as "Project Bora Bora" according to CNBC, is intended to give Fraser more direct control as she seeks to simplify the Wall Street giant and boost its stock price.

From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2023

When we last spoke, in November, he had just returned from two weeks in French Polynesia, where he stayed at the Conrad Bora Bora Nui and swam with humpback whales.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2021

As a doctoral student, she traveled to Bora Bora and Bimini; she waded onto reefs in a sun hat with a collecting bucket and harvested snails on three continents.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr