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Tonga

noun

A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970. Synonyms: Friendly Islands, Kingdom of Tonga.

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

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... seem to have a wide habitat. In the Tonga Islands it is, I believe, very rare; and in Fiji, Samoa, and other mountainous groups throughout Polynesia the natives appear to have no knowledge of it, although they have a fish possessing the same peculiar characteristics, but of a somewhat different shape. I have ...

— By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories • Louis Becke

... Pressing on he reached New Zealand, which still bears the name that he gave to it, and sailed through the strait between the northern and southern islands, now Cook's strait. In the course of this great voyage he next discovered the Friendly or Tonga islands and the Fiji archipelago. He reached Batavia in June, 1643, and in the following year he visited again the north of Australia and voyaged right round the Gulf of Carpentaria. Even in a modern map of Australia Dutch names will be found scattered round ...

— History of Holland • George Edmundson

... introduced to strangers. We rise when visitors enter our drawing-room. We wave our hand to our friend as he passes the window or drives away from our door. The Oriental, in like manner, leaves his shoes on the threshold when he pays a visit. The natives of the Tonga Islands kiss the soles of a chieftain's feet. The Siberian peasant grovels in the dust before a Russian noble. Each of these acts has a primary, an historical significance. The very word 'salutation,' in the first place, ...

— Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society • John H. Young

... of the S. Pacific, some 180 in number, mostly of coral or volcanic origin, and of which 30 are inhabited; the natives rank high among the South Sea islanders for intelligence. See TONGA ISLANDS. ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

Words linked to "Tonga" : state, Bantu, country, land, Bantoid language, Kingdom of Tonga, Polynesia