Tahitian

[tuh-hee-shuhn, -tee-uhn, tah-]

adjective

1. of or relating to Tahiti, its inhabitants, or their language.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Tahiti.

2. the Polynesian language of Tahiti.

Tahitian

/ təˈhiːtɪən, təˈhiːʃɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Tahiti or its inhabitants

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Tahiti

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tahitian¹

First recorded in 1815–25; Tahiti + -an

Example Sentences

Yet just across a nearly 1,500-foot-long shared property line, the Tahitian Terrace mobile home park — like thousands of fire-destroyed properties cleared by the U.S.

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She lived alone in Tahitian Terrace, a hillside mobile home park where, until January, she had occupied the same rented plot on Samoa Way since around 1967.

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Tahitian Terrace was home to an eclectic mix.

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Russo, who had lived in West Hollywood for 24 years, thought she had found her paradise: a single-wide trailer in the Tahitian Terrace mobile home park across the street from Will Rogers State Beach.

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Many former residents of the Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates and Tahitian Terrace mobile home park are now struggling to find housing within their budgets.

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