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Tahitian

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Ta·hi·tian  (t-hshn)
adj.
Of or relating to Tahiti or its people, language, or culture.
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Tahiti.
2. The Polynesian language of Tahiti.

Tahitian [təˈhiːtɪən təˈhiːʃɪən]
adj
(Placename) (Social Science / Peoples) of or relating to Tahiti or its inhabitants
n
(Social Science / Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Tahiti
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.TahitianTahitian - a native or inhabitant of Tahiti    
Tahiti - an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin
Polynesian - a native or inhabitant of Polynesia
2.Tahitian - the Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic - an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
Adj.1.Tahitian - of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture
Translations
Tahitian [təˈhiːʃɪən]
A. ADJtahitiano
B. N
1.tahitiano/a m/f
2. (Ling) → tahitiano m
Tahitian
adjtahitisch
n
Tahitianer(in) m(f)
(Ling) → Tahitisch nt


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Numbers of children were playing on the beach, and had lighted bonfires which illumined the placid sea and surrounding trees; others, in circles, were singing Tahitian verses.
He could not help but think of the preceding nights, and of her sleeping in the hammock on the veranda, under mosquito curtains, her bodyguard of Tahitian sailors stretched out at the far corner of the veranda within call.
It was the Hira, well named, for she was owned by Levy, the German Jew, the greatest pearl buyer of them all, and, as was well known, Hira was the Tahitian god of fishermen and thieves.
 
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