Usually means: Sacred, prohibited area in Polynesia.
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  1. tapu: Merriam-Webster
  2. tapu: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tapu: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Tapu, tapu: Wordnik
  5. tapu: Wiktionary
  6. TAPU: Dictionary.com
  7. Tapu (Bora Bora), Tapu (Ottoman law), Tapu (Polynesian culture), Tapu: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. tapu: FreeDictionary.org
  9. tapu: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. TAPU: Acronym Finder

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tapu)

noun:  (New Zealand) Alternative form of taboo [An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.]
verb:  (New Zealand) Alternative form of taboo [To mark as taboo.]

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