Mo'orea

Moʻorea
	View of Moʻorea
	Moorea as seen from Sentinel 2
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	17°32′S 149°50′W / 17.533°S 149.833°W
Archipelago	Society Islands
Area	134 km2 (52 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,207 m (3960 ft)
Highest point	Mont Tohiveʻa
Administration
	France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Administrative subdivision	Windward Islands
Commune	Moʻorea-Maiʻao
Capital city	ʻĀfareaitu
Largest settlement	Pao Pao–Maharepa; (4,244 inhabitants)
Demographics
Population	16,191 (Aug. 2007 census)
Pop. density	121/km2 (313/sq mi)
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Lagon de Moʻorea
Designated	15 September 2008
Reference no.	1834

Moʻorea (English: /ˌmoʊ.oʊˈreɪ.ɑː/ or /ˈmoʊ.oʊreɪ/;^[4] Tahitian: Moʻoreʻa, [moʔore(ʔ)a]), also spelled Moorea, is a volcanic island in French Polynesia. It is one of the Windward Islands, a group that is part of the Society Islands, 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti. The name comes from the Tahitian word Moʻoreʻa, meaning "yellow lizard": Moʻo = lizard ; Reʻa (from reʻareʻa) = yellow.^[5] An older name for the island is ʻAimeho, sometimes spelled ʻAimeo or ʻEimeo (among other spellings that were used by early visitors before Tahitian spelling was standardized). Early Western colonists and voyagers also referred to Moʻorea as York Island or Santo Domingo.^[6]

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^ Institut Statistique de Polynésie Française (ISPF). "TABLEAU II Population des communes et communes associées de Polynésie française" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
^ "Lagon de Moorea". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Mooréa". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. March 13, 2017.
^ Sven Wahlroos (2002). English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary (First ed.). Honolulu: The Māʻohi Heritage Press. p. 312, 545. ISBN 0-9627095-7-3.
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[2] Institut Statistique de Polynésie Française (ISPF). "TABLEAU II Population des communes et communes associées de Polynésie française" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2007-12-02.

[3] "Lagon de Moorea". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[4] "Mooréa". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. March 13, 2017.

[english-tahitian-dictionary-5] Sven Wahlroos (2002). English–Tahitian, Tahitian–English Dictionary (First ed.). Honolulu: The Māʻohi Heritage Press. p. 312, 545. ISBN 0-9627095-7-3.

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