Papeete

English

Alternative forms

• Papeʻete

Etymology

From Tahitian pape (“water”) + Tahitian ʻete (“basket”) (cognate with Maori kete, Niuean kato, 'Are'are kato, Hawaiian ʻeke (“sack”). This probably refers to the mountains condensing and collecting rain in the Papeete basin.

Proper noun

Papeete

1. The capital city of French Polynesia.
   • 2003 October 14, Alan Riding, “The Colors of Paradise As Imagined by Gauguin”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Things did not turn out as he hoped. Having reached Tahiti in June 1891, he soon fled the island's Europeanized capital, Papeete, for the village of Mataiea, where he met Teha'amana, 14, who became his mistress and model.

Translations

capital city of French Polynesia

• Dutch: Papeete n
• French: Papeete (fr) m, Papeʻete (fr) m
• Japanese: パペーテ (papēte)
• Russian: Папеэ́те m (Papeétɛ)
• Tahitian: Pape’ete, Papeʻete