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Papeete

American

[pah-pee-ey-tey, puh-pee-tee] / ˌpɑ piˈeɪ teɪ, pəˈpi ti /

noun

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

Papeete British

/ ˌpɑːpɪˈiːtɪ /

noun

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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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

It is forty miles to Papeete, and Rui, starting in the early morning, arrived there at nine o’clock; but alas, the wind was against him, and it was altogether six days before he got back.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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