Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of the southern Pacific Ocean in the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It was settled by Polynesians in prehistoric times and colonized by the French in the 1800s.
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- proper noun The largest island in
French Polynesia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin
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Examples
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Native sailors from the ends of the seas knock about on the beach in Tahiti; and
THE HEATHEN 2010
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Native sailors from the ends of the seas knock about on the beach in Tahiti, and Otoo, suspicious merely, went among them till he had gathered sufficient data to justify his suspicions.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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Just curious; what's the weather like in Tahiti this time of year?
Tahiti Trot 2009
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Let the Chinagos take the lesson to heart, the Court said finally, for they must learn that the law would be fulfilled in Tahiti though the heavens fell.
THE CHINAGO 2010
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All the aspects of Gauguin's life that might have been side-stepped are thus examined through the art – the boorishness, drink and grotesque self-pity; the absurd outrage, on arriving in Tahiti, that Christian missionaries had got there before him so that he would have to mock up his own carved idols, smuggling them into the paintings as ancient artefacts.
Gauguin: Maker of Myth Laura Cumming 2010
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And if "Trouble in Tahiti," for which Bernstein wrote his own libretto, has a glibness to its satire, the sequel wears its heart on its sleeve, sometimes movingly, but often with an obviousness that borders on banality.
'A Quiet Place,''Intermezzo' Show NYC Opera At Its Best AP 2010
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No one likes to think about days of rain, but it does happen (even in Tahiti & Tuscany), so you'll need to plan accordingly.
Wicked Good Travel Tips: My Disaster and 10 Vital Questions to Ask Before Taking an Adventure Tour Wicked Good Travel Tips 2010
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The work was originally conceived as a sequel to Mr. Bernstein's 1952 hit "Trouble in Tahiti," his one-act, jazz-tinged portrait of a rocky suburban marriage.
Catching Up to Bernstein Heidi Waleson 2010
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No one likes to think about days of rain, but it does happen (even in Tahiti & Tuscany), so you'll need to plan accordingly.
Wicked Good Travel Tips: My Disaster and 10 Vital Questions to Ask Before Taking an Adventure Tour Wicked Good Travel Tips 2010
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On his last cruise he had shipped two strangers in Tahiti as mate and supercargo.
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