Oceania
Tahiti
no articleGoing there, being there
à Tahiti
Coming from
de Tahiti
Why
Tahiti takes no article at all, so the preposition stays à, with nothing between it and the name: à Tahiti.
The people
un Tahitien, une Tahitienne
Example
Le français et le tahitien se parlent à Tahiti.
French and Tahitian are spoken in Tahiti.
Worth knowing
Tahiti takes no article: à Tahiti, de Tahiti. But the whole territory is en Polynésie française.
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