Tahiti

[tuh-hee-tee, tah-]

noun

the principal island of the Society Islands, in the S Pacific. 402 sq. mi. (1041 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.

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Examples from the Web for tahiti

Contemporary Examples of tahiti

One minute the script, the next a story about Ivor Novello's tailor or the Tahiti steamer schedule in the Thirties.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days
David Freeman
December 13, 2014
Mid-90s Gallic nuclear testing is blamed for mutating a native iguana species of Tahiti.
A Comprehensive History of Toho’s Original Kaiju (and Atomic Allegory) Godzilla
Rich Goldstein
May 18, 2014
There are nine varieties of pepper, vanilla beans from Tahiti and Madagascar.
A Superstar Chef Does the Unthinkable
Amelia Smith
November 17, 2008

Historical Examples of tahiti

This was on account of the "outrage" on the Tahiti schooner.
Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas
Lloyd Osbourne
I think the moment he reached Tahiti he felt himself at home.
The Moon and Sixpence
W. Somerset Maugham
Tahiti is very far away, and I knew that I should never see it again.
The Moon and Sixpence
W. Somerset Maugham
They are simply the natural music of Tahiti, or strange and beautiful part-songs.
The Gypsies
Charles G. Leland
Some of these papers are still extant in Tahiti and Mangareva.
Concerning "Bully" Hayes
Louis Becke

British Dictionary definitions for tahiti

Tahiti

noun

an island in the S Pacific, in the Windward group of the Society Islands: the largest and most important island in French Polynesia; became a French protectorate in 1842 and a colony in 1880. Capital: Papeete. Pop: 169 674 (2002). Area: 1005 sq km (388 sq miles)

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tahiti in Culture

Tahiti

Largest island of French Polynesia, located in the south Pacific Ocean.

Note

Attracted by the Polynesian culture and spectacular climate and scenery, both Paul Gauguin and Robert Louis Stevenson lived in Tahiti and expressed its romantic allure through their works.