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Tonga

DEFINITIONS OF: Tonga

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n a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970

Synonyms:
Friendly Islands, Kingdom of Tonga
Example of:
country, land, state
the territory occupied by a nation

n the language of the Tongan people of south central Africa (Zambia and Rhodesia)

Type of:
Bantoid language, Bantu
a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
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