Bora-Bora (French Polynesia)
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Bola-Bola (French Polynesia)
Bolabolla (French Polynesia)
Bollabolla (French Polynesia)
Bora-Bora (Society Islands)
Borabora Island (French Polynesia)
Faanui Island (French Polynesia)
Île Bora-Bora (French Polynesia)
Île de Bora-Bora (French Polynesia)
Pora Pora (French Polynesia)
Porapora (French Polynesia)
San Pedro (French Polynesia : Bora-Bora)
Vavao (French Polynesia)
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Sources
found: Work cat.: Kushner, E.F. Bogged down in Bora Bora, c1984.
found: BGN, April 6, 1984(Bora-Bora, island, 16°30ʹS,151°45ʹW; variants: Porapora; Faanui; Vavao; San Pedro; Bola-Bola)
found: Lippincott(Bora-Bora, sometimes spelled Porapora)
found: Rand McNally.
found: Web. geog.(Bora-Bora or Borabora)
found: LC database, Apr. 6, 1984(Borabora)
found: GEOnet names server, Aug. 27, 1996(Bora-Bora, isl, 16°30ʹS 151°45ʹW; variants: Ile Bora-Bora; Borabora Island)
found: BGN/GEOnet(island; 16°30ʹ00ʺS 151°45ʹ00ʺW)
found: Wikipedia, Nov. 7, 2011(Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia; the original name of the island in the Tahitian language might be better rendered as Pora Pora, meaning "First Born"; an early transcription found in 18th- and 19th-century accounts, is Bolabolla or Bollabolla; island is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Bora-Bora, itself in the administrative subdivision of the Leeward Islands; 16°29ʹ40ʺS 151°44ʹ11ʺW) French version of page (Bora-Bora; île de Bora-Bora)
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Change Notes
1986-02-11: new
2012-01-10: revised
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