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ton⋅ga
[tong-guh] 
–noun
| a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India. |
Origin:
1870–75; < Hindi tāṅgā
1870–75; < Hindi tāṅgā
Ton⋅ga
[tong-guh] –noun
| a Polynesian kingdom consisting of three groups of islands in the S Pacific, NE of New Zealand: a former British protectorate. 100,105; ab. 270 sq. mi. (700 sq. km). Capital: Nukualofa. |
Also called Tonga Islands, Friendly Islands.
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Ton·ga (tŏng'gə)  (click for larger image in new window) A country in the southwest Pacific Ocean east of Fiji comprising about 150 islands, some 36 of which are inhabited. Long inhabited by Polynesians, the islands were sighted by the Dutch in 1616 and visited by the British navigator Capt. James Cook in the late 1700s. It became a British protectorate in 1900 and gained independence as a constitutional monarchy in 1970. Nuku'alofa is the capital and the largest city. Population: 117,000. |
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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]Tonga
Ton"ga\, n. (Med.) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.
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