Fun fact 1 about Tahiti
island
Tahiti was called Otaheite in earlier European documents, which is a rendering of the Tahitian phrase ʻo Tahiti.
Tahiti
France
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island
Tahiti
France
Area
1,045 km²
Location
France
Tahiti is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is a tropical island located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean. Tahiti is composed of two roughly circular land masses joined by an isthmus: Tahiti Nui and Tahiti Iti.
From the “Nomenclature” section
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