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tonga in British English
(ˈtɒŋɡə)
noun
a light two-wheeled vehicle used in rural areas of India
Word origin
C19: from Hindi tāngāTonga in British English 1
(ˈtɒŋɡə, ˈtɒŋə)
noun
1. Word forms: plural -gas or -ga
a member of a people of S central Africa, living chiefly in Zambia and Zimbabwe
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
Tonga in British English 2
(ˈtɒŋə, ˈtɒŋɡə)
noun
a kingdom occupying an archipelago of more than 150 volcanic and coral islands in the SW Pacific, east of Fiji: inhabited by Polynesians; became a British protectorate in 1900 and gained independence in 1970; a member of the Commonwealth. Official languages: Tongan and English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: pa'anga. Capital: Nuku'alofa. Pop: 108 020 (2017 est). Area: 750 sq km(290 sq miles)
Also called: Friendly Islands Tonga in American English
(ˈtɑŋgə)
kingdom occupying a group of islands (Tonga Islands) in the SW Pacific, east of Fiji; member of the Commonwealth: 289 sq mi (749 sq km); pop. 95,000; cap. Nukualofa
tonga in American English
(ˈtɑŋgə)
noun
a two-wheeled carriage of India
Word origin
Hindi tāṅgāExamples of 'tonga' in a sentencetonga
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British English: Tonga /ˈtɒŋɡə/ NOUN
Tonga is a kingdom of more than 150 islands in the south-west Pacific.
- American English: Tonga
- Arabic: تُونْـجا
- Brazilian Portuguese: Reino de Tonga
- Chinese: 汤加王国
- Croatian: Tonga
- Czech: Tonga
- Danish: Tonga
- Dutch: Tonga
- European Spanish: Tonga
- Finnish: Tonga
- French: Tonga
- German: Tonga
- Greek: Τόνγκα
- Italian: Tonga
- Japanese: トンガ
- Korean: 통가
- Norwegian: Tonga
- Polish: Tonga
- European Portuguese: Reino de Tonga
- Romanian: Tonga
- Russian: Тонга
- Latin American Spanish: Tonga
- Swedish: Tonga
- Thai: สาธารณรัฐตองกา
- Turkish: Tonga
- Ukrainian: Тонга
- Vietnamese: Vương quốc Tonga
Chinese translation of 'Tonga'
Tonga
(tɔŋɡə)
n
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汤(湯)加
(Tāngjiā)
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