Papeete

American  

[pah-pee-ay-tay, puh-pee-tee] / ˌpɑ piˈeɪ teɪ, pəˈpi ti /

noun

1. a city on NW Tahiti, in the Society Islands: capital of the Society Islands and of French Polynesia.

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Papeete British  

/ ˌpɑːpɪˈiːtɪ /

noun

1. the capital of French Polynesia, on the NW coast of Tahiti: one of the largest towns in the S Pacific. Pop: 130 000 (2005 est)

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Papeete

The flight from Melbourne was headed to Dallas on Friday when it was forced to make a stop-off in Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, due to the disruptive passenger.

From Barron's ● May 17, 2026

Even before you board the plane for Tetiaroa, a bio-inspection point in Papeete intercepts any items that could endanger Tetiaroa’s native ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

The Associated Press took similar footage of Macron at the airport near Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021

It departed Papeete at 3 a.m., local time, on Saturday and touched down at Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris at 6:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, according to the New York Post.

From Fox News ● Mar. 18, 2020

Not far from the place of disembarkation, and near the centre of the township, rises one of the most elegant buildings in Papeete, namely, that where the various stores for the troops are housed.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer

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