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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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);


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)