Raiatea

[ rah-yuh-tey-uh ]

/ ˌrɑ yəˈteɪ ə /

a volcanic island in the Leeward Island group of the Society Islands, French Polynesia, in the South Pacific. 92 sq. mi. (238 sq. km).

Example sentences from the Web for raiatea

For'ard, on the Valetta, were several of Grief's own Raiatea sailors.

A Son Of The Sun |Jack London
The chief of Raiatea was named Tamatoa, and was a man of considerable power.

Pioneers and Founders |Charlotte Mary Yonge
In Tahiti, on the island Raiatea, a high priest or prophet lived in the long, long ago.

Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina |W. D. Westervelt
I had letters to deliver in Raiatea, and officials to see, and there was Charmian down below getting ready to go ashore.

The Cruise of the Snark |Jack London

We were twenty-five miles from Raiatea and one thousand miles from Samoa.

Through the South Seas with Jack London |Martin Johnson