Papeete

[ pah-pee-ey-tey, puh-pee-tee ]

noun

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

Papeete

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Taboo and I again went out into the narrow, green lanes of Papeete, seeking what we might devour with all our eyes and ears.

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Footsore and weary, I approached a stable from which thrice a week stages were despatched to Papeete.

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He was fixed in his resolve, that if the answer did not arrive before twelve he would bombard Papeete.

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At the far end of the town of Papeete, three such men were seated on the beach under a purao tree.

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Whereupon he turned on his heel, and set off at a swinging sailor's walk towards Papeete.

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