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Pa⋅pe⋅e⋅te

  [pah-pee-ey-tey, puh-pee-tee]
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a city on NW Tahiti, in the Society Islands: capital of the Society Islands and of French Polynesia. 24,000.
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French Polynesia

 
–noun
a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 119,168; 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
Formerly, French Oceania.

Society Islands

 
–noun
a group of islands in the S Pacific: a part of French Polynesia; largest island, Tahiti. (Excluding minor islands) 100,270; 453 sq. mi. (1173 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.

Ta⋅hi⋅ti

  [tuh-hee-tee, tah-]
–noun
the principal island of the Society Islands, in the S Pacific. 79,494; 402 sq. mi. (1041 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
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Pa·pe·e·te   (pä'pē-ā'tā, pə-pē'tē)   
The capital of the overseas territory of French Polynesia, a port on the northwest coast of Tahiti in the Society Islands of the southern Pacific Ocean. It is a commercial and tourist center. Population: 26,200.
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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.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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