Papeete

English Alternative forms en Papeʻete Etymology From en ty pape water + en ty ʻete basket (cognate with mi kete, niu kato, alu kato, haw ʻeke sack. This probably refers to the mountains condensing and collecting rain in the Papeete basin. Proper noun en capital city overseas collectivity/French Polynesia. en Alan Riding The Colors of Paradise As Imagined by Gauguin The New York Times 2003-10-14 https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/14/arts/the-colors-of-paradise-as-imagined-by-gauguin.html 0362-4331 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251004185506/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/14/arts/the-colors-of-paradise-as-imagined-by-gauguin.html 4 October 2025 Translations capital city of French Polynesia Arabic: ar بابيتي m Bābītī Dutch: nl Papeete n French: fr Papeete m, fr Pape'ete m Japanese: ja パペーテ Papēte, ja パペエテ Pape'ete Korean: ko 파페에테 Papeete Marathi: mr पापेएते Polish: pl Papeete n Russian: ru Папеэ́те m Papeétɛ Tahitian: ty Pape’ete, ty Papeʻete