Moʻorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Moʻorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian. An older name for the island is ʻAimeho, sometimes spelled 'Aimeo or ʻEimeo. Early Western colonists and voyagers also referred to Moʻorea as York Island.
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