1.
[syn: Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands]
2. the language of the Tongan people of south central Africa (Zambia and Rhodesia);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tonga \Ton"ga\, n. (Med.)
A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant
supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tonga \Ton"ga\, n. [Hind. t[=a]ng[=a], Skr. tama[.n]gaka.]
A kind of light two-wheeled vehicle, usually for four
persons, drawn by ponies or bullocks. [India]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Tonga
n 1: a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South
Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in
1970 [syn: Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands]
2: the language of the Tongan people of south central Africa
(Zambia and Rhodesia)