Bora-Bora

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Bora-Bora

(bō`rä-bō`rä), volcanic island, 15 sq mi (39 sq km), South Pacific, in the Leeward group of the Society IslandsSociety Islands,
island group (2002 pop. 214,445), South Pacific, a part of French Polynesia. The group comprises the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands (total land area c.650 sq mi/1,680 sq km), two clusters of volcanic and coral islands lying in a 450-mi (724-km) chain.
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officially Overseas Lands of French Polynesia, internally self-governing dependency (2015 est. pop. 278,000) of France, consisting of 118 islands in the South Pacific. The capital is Papeete, on Tahiti.
..... Click the link for more information. . It is a mountainous island, with Mt. Otemanu (2,379 ft/725 m) the highest peak. Bora-Bora has a good harbor, which is a large lagoon surrounded by coral islets. Copra, oranges, and vanilla are produced on the island. Tourism is a major source of commerce.

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We go Tahiti, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora-Bora, Manua, Tutuila, Apia, Savaii, and Fiji Islands--plenty Fiji Islands.

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CEBU CITY--The days of motorcycles with modified mufflers locally, known as bora-bora, are numbered.

Victor Caindec, director of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Central Visayas, said the guidelines for the implementation of a national order that calls for an "intensified operation to enforce the prohibition on bora-bora" are being finalized.

Ban on bora-bora mufflers enforced soon

On June 4, LTO-7 received from its Central Office a memorandum on the 'intensified operation to enforce the prohibition of bora-bora or motorcycles with modified mufflers causing undesirable and irritating sound.'

Drive vs noisy motorcycles needs clear guides, says LTO Central Visayas exec

Poppy has slyly discovered the real reason their parents are meeting them in Bora-Bora at Christmas break: to announce their divorce.

Andelson, Amy, and Emily Meyer: Layover

(Cue dream-sequence music, Sean Connery voice-over:) "Ah, what a vexing vision you were, coyly cupping a mai tai at the hotel bar in Bora-Bora! Never mind the mosquito-mobbed monsoon season; I knew I mustn't risk repelling you with my ripe and regularly applied redolence of Pickett's Pest-B-Gone.

Odors repel bugs, romance

(Cue dream-sequence music, William Shatner voice-over:) "Ah, what a vexing vision you were, coyly cupping a mai tai at the hotel bar in Bora-Bora! Never mind the mosquito-mobbed monsoon season.

Odors repel bugs, romance

And there's no let up in the BPMs at Club X, with the return of the monthly Generic, where Bora-Bora DJ, Gee, will no doubt be the dog's Balerics.

shout out; Friday Live

Mel peeled off her bikini top and wore just a tiny thong as she kissed and cuddled the 26-year-old hunk on the Tahitian isle of Bora-Bora last week.

Scary Spice Mel B set to wed hunk

Manuel and village residents had complained of too much noise every time Galayogo went around the village on a motorbike with a bora-bora or open pipe muffler.

Noisy motorcycle leads to shooting, death in Koronadal

City Mayor Joseph Evangelista led the destruction of at least 207 mufflers, locally known as "bora-bora" to serve as warning to all motorists plying around the city that the use of such are strictly prohibited here.