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Etymology
Recorded by w:Samuel Wallis|Samuel Wallis on encountering the island in 1767. But w:Johann Forster|Johann Forster and w:Georg Forster|Georg Forster on w:Captain Cook|Captain Cook's second voyage to the island in 1773 were accomplished comparative linguists and realized the O#Tahitian|O was an article in the Tahitian language and not properly part of the name. (Reference: Nicholas Thomas, Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook, Penguin, 2003, ISBN 0-713-9957-2, page 187.)
Proper noun
- obsolete Early form of the island of Tahiti.
fi:Otaheite
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