Tapu may refer to:

Concepts

Tapu (Polynesian culture) Tapu is a Polynesian traditional concept denoting something holy or sacred, with " spiritual restriction" or "implied prohibition"; it involves rules and prohibitions. The English word '' taboo'' derives from this later meaning and dates from Capt ...

, a concept of sacredness from which the word "taboo" is derived *

Tapu (Ottoman law) Tapu (also Tabu) was a permanent lease of state-owned arable land to a peasant family in the Ottoman Empire. The term was also used to indicate the title deed that certified tapu rights. In Palestine, the Turkish word "tapu" was pronounced "tabu ...

, a form of land tenure in the Ottoman Empire, subject to the

tapu resmi The tapu resmi was a feudal land tax in the Ottoman Empire. A ''tapu'' was the equivalent of a title deed for farmland, in a feudal system where farmers were proprietors rather than outright owners; this would be recorded in a ''tapu tahrir'', a s ...

tax

Places

Tapu (Bora Bora) Motu Tapu, is a private island in the lagoon of Bora Bora in French Polynesia. It is the located between Toopua, and Ahuna. Motu Tapu is located just outside the Teavanui Passage, and has the Teavanui front automated lighthouse installed, ...

, a private island in French Polynesia *

Tapu, New Zealand Tapu is a locality on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. State Highway 25 runs through it. Coromandel is 35 km to the north, and Thames is 19 km to the south. The Tapu River flows from the Coromandel Range ...

, a settlement on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand * Țapu, a village in

Micăsasa Micăsasa (german: Feigendorf; hu, Mikeszásza) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Chesler, Micăsasa, Țapu and Văleni. Micăsasa and Țapu villages have fortified churches. At the 201 ...

Commune, Sibiu County, Romania

People and fictional characters

Codrin Țapu Codrin Ștefan Țapu (born 17 December 1973) is a Romanian author and psychologist who wrote on the hypostases of personality. Horopciuc, Manuela (2000). "Psihologie sistemica sau ipostatica?" ("Systemic, or hypostatic psychology?" - book review ...

, a Romanian author and psychologist *

Tapu Javeri Tapu Javeri (Urdu: ; born Mustapha Farabi Javeri on 5 May 1965) is a Pakistani fashion and art photographer, radio host, television judge and jewellery designer. He works as a freelance photographer and was the photo editor of the Xtra magaz ...

, a Pakistani photographer * The "guardian deities," a group of ''Pokémon'' species introduced in ''Pokémon Sun and Moon'' (

Tapu Koko Tapu may refer to: Concepts * Tapu (Polynesian culture), a concept of sacredness from which the word "taboo" is derived * Tapu (Ottoman law), a form of land tenure in the Ottoman Empire, subject to the tapu resmi tax Places * Tapu (Bora Bora), a p ...

Tapu Lele Tapu may refer to: Concepts * Tapu (Polynesian culture), a concept of sacredness from which the word "taboo" is derived * Tapu (Ottoman law), a form of land tenure in the Ottoman Empire, subject to the tapu resmi tax Places * Tapu (Bora Bora), a p ...

, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini)

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Places

People and fictional characters

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