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Noun: Tonga  tóng-gu
  1. A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
    - Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands
     
  2. The language of the Tongan people of south central Africa (Zambia and Rhodesia)

Derived forms: Tongas

See also: Tongan

Type of: Bantoid language, Bantu, country, land, state

Part of: British Commonwealth, Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations, Polynesia

Encyclopedia: Tonga

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