Island home to Faa'a International Airport

I believe the answer is:

tahiti

(Other definitions for tahiti that I've seen before include "I hit at this exotic island" , "French Polynesian island" , "An isle in the South Seas" , "Romantic Polynesian island, capital Papeete" , "South Pacific island where both Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin spent time" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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