Raiatea

[rah-yuh-tey-uh]

noun

1. a volcanic island in the Leeward Island group of the Society Islands, French Polynesia, in the South Pacific. 92 sq. mi. (238 sq. km).

Example Sentences

The first half of the visit was supposedly on official business, but from 21 October she stayed on in order to visit her daughter living on the Polynesian island of Raiatea.

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The first known Polynesian visitor to Britain, Mai came from the island of Raiatea near Tahiti and traveled to England with explorer Captain James Cook in 1774.

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Known as "Omai" in England, Mai was from Raiatea, an island now part of French Polynesia, who travelled from Tahiti to England with Captain James Cook.

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British sailors Rob and Frances Lythgoe spent their lockdown in a different part of French Polynesia, at Raiatea island.

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Purists, however, may want to stick to French Polynesia where the first such bungalow hotel was reportedly erected some 50 years ago, off the island of Raiatea.

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