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TAHITI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Tahiti"):

Papeete (the capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti)

Meronyms (members of "Tahiti"):

Tahitian (a native or inhabitant of Tahiti)

Holonyms ("Tahiti" is a part of...):

Society Islands (an island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa)

Derivation:

Tahitian (of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture)

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