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Friendly Islands

plural noun

  1. See Tonga
    another name for Tonga 2


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They spoke nearly the same language as at the Friendly Islands.

The next morning I altered the course, steering more to the westward for the Friendly Islands.

This island is a high mountain with a sharp-pointed top, and is the north-westernmost of all the Friendly Islands.

They are not inferior in beauty to the Friendly Islands, nor are the inhabitants less ingenious or civilised.

During this second visit Cook bestowed the name of Friendly Islands upon this group, no doubt with a sarcastic meaning.

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