Tahiti
pronunciation
How to pronounce Tahiti in British English:
UK [təˈhi:tɪ]
How to pronounce Tahiti in American English:
US [tɑˈhitɪ]
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- Noun:
- an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin
Word Origin
- Tahiti
- from native Polynesian Otahiti, of uncertain meaning. It was called in turn Sagittaria (1606, by the Portuguese), King George III Island (1767, by the British), Nouvelle-Cythère (1768, by the French). Related: Tahitian.
Example
- 1. Eric and joyce are enjoying the beauty of tahiti .
- 2. Is related to the languages of tahiti and hawaii .
- 3. But he had an image of tahiti in his head .
- 4. And this all ends with a three-story hut in tahiti , right ?
- 5. I heard that tahiti is one of the best places in the world to go scuba diving .