tahitian

Everyday

1. Tahitian means from or about Tahiti, the largest island of French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. tree →
2. A Tahitian is a person from Tahiti. tree →
3. Tahitian is also the Polynesian language spoken there, related to Māori and Hawaiian. tree →

In the lessons

In geography lessons Tahiti is an example of a volcanic tropical island with coral reefs; its capital is Papeete and French is also an official language there. In art lessons, the French painter Paul Gauguin painted Tahitian people and landscapes. In history, Captain James Cook visited Tahiti in 1769. Phrases: "Tahitian dance", "Tahitian pearl", "Tahitian vanilla".

Examples

• Tahitian dancers move their hips very fast to drum music. tree →
• Tahitian black pearls come from oysters in lagoons. tree →
• Gauguin painted many Tahitian women. tree →
• Tahitian is a Polynesian language close to Māori. tree →
• A Tahitian fisherman paddled his outrigger canoe. tree →
• Tahitian vanilla smells sweet and flowery. tree →
• Captain Cook watched the stars from a Tahitian beach. tree →

Note

Always written with a capital T (input lower case is only for the list). Pronounced "tuh-HEE-shun". Tahiti belongs to France, so Tahitians are French citizens.