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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
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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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