Tahitian

American  

[tuh-hee-shuhn, -tee-uhn, tah-] / təˈhi ʃən, -ti ən, tɑ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to Tahiti, its inhabitants, or their language.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Tahiti.

2. the Polynesian language of Tahiti.

Tahitian British  

/ təˈhiːtɪən, təˈhiːʃɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Tahiti or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Tahiti

Etymology

Origin of Tahitian

First recorded in 1815–25; Tahiti + -an

Example Sentences

Indeed, Tahitian’s homeowners’ association has been in talks with the owners.

From Los Angeles Times

She lived alone in Tahitian Terrace, a hillside mobile home park where, until January, she had occupied the same rented plot on Samoa Way since around 1967.

From Los Angeles Times

Comprehensive debris removal from Tahitian Terrace, he wrote, “is necessary to eliminate the immediate threat to the health and safety” of those commuters.

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Russo, who had lived in West Hollywood for 24 years, thought she had found her paradise: a single-wide trailer in the Tahitian Terrace mobile home park across the street from Will Rogers State Beach.

From Los Angeles Times

Many former residents of the Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates and Tahitian Terrace mobile home park are now struggling to find housing within their budgets.

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