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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 725 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PAPEETE , the See also:

capital of the Pacific See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

TAHITI

Tahiti, and the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

PORT

port and trading centre, and the seat of See also:

government of the See also:

French establishments in See also:

OCEANIA

Oceania. Pop. 4280 (2500 French). The See also:

TOWN

town, lying on the See also:

north-See also:

west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the island, on a beautiful See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour entered by two passages through the protecting See also:

REEF (1)

reef, and backed by five mountains, is French in See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character as far as concerns the richer quarters. It has a See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral, See also:

barracks and See also:

ARSENAL

arsenal, government buildings and a botanical See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden. The See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter and the picturesque native See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market contrast strongly with the See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

settlement. Of the entrances to the harbour, which is of See also:

FAIR

fair extent and See also:

DEPTH

depth, that of Papeete has about seven fathoms depth; that of Taunoa is shallower, though wider and more convenient.

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