Tonga

• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒŋ.ə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒŋ.ə/, /ˈtɒŋ.ɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡə/, /ˈtɔŋ.ɡə/, /ˈtoʊŋ.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋə, Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə, Rhymes: -əʊŋə

From Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).

Tonga

2. A country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga. Capital and largest city: Nuku'alofa.

• (countries of Oceania) country of Oceania; Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
• Appendix:Countries of the world

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Tonga

1. A Bantu language, in the Nyasa branch, spoken in Malawi.

   Synonym: Chitonga

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Tonga

1. A Bantu language, in the Botatwe branch, spoken in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

   Synonyms: Chitonga, Zambezi

   • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth:

     Enela cleared their way through the throng, speaking in Tonga, a heavy language that freighted the air with ceremony.

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Tonga

1. A Bantu language spoken in Mozambique.

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Tonga (plural Tongas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tonga is the 38332^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 578 individuals. Tonga is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (74.57%) and White (10.9%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tonga”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Atong, on tag, tag on, tango

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• Tongaan
• Tongaans

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtoŋ.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtoŋ.ɡa]

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Tonga f

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tongalès

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoŋɡa]

Tonga f (related adjective tonžský or tongský, demonym Tonžan)

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tonganer
• tongansk

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːn.ɡaː/

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• Hyphenation: Ton‧ga

Tonga n

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• Tongaan m / Tongaanse f
• Tongaans

From Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔŋka/

Tonga n

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

From Tongan Tonga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoŋːɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞ŋːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oŋːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Ton‧ga

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tango, togan

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Tonga n (proper noun, genitive Tongas or (optionally with an article) Tonga)

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• Tongaer
• tongaisch

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoŋɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ton‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Tonga	—
accusative	Tongát	—
dative	Tongának	—
instrumental	Tongával	—
causal-final	Tongáért	—
translative	Tongává	—
terminative	Tongáig	—
essive-formal	Tongaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Tongában	—
superessive	Tongán	—
adessive	Tongánál	—
illative	Tongába	—
sublative	Tongára	—
allative	Tongához	—
elative	Tongából	—
delative	Tongáról	—
ablative	Tongától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Tongáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Tongáéi	—

Possessive forms of Tonga
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Tongám	—
2nd person sing.	Tongád	—
3rd person sing.	Tongája	—
1st person plural	Tongánk	—
2nd person plural	Tongátok	—
3rd person plural	Tongájuk	—

• tongai

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔn.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɔnɡa
• Hyphenation: Tòn‧ga

Tonga f

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tongano

• tango

Tonga

1. Rōmaji transcription of トンガ

Tonga f sg (genitive Tongae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tonganer
• tongansk

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tongan, tonganar
• tongansk

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔŋ.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋɡa
• Syllabification: Ton‧ga

Tonga n (indeclinable, related adjective tongijski)

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• (countries of Oceania) kraje Oceanii; Australia, Fidżi, Kiribati, Mikronezja, Nauru, Niue, Nowa Zelandia, Palau, Papua-Nowa Gwinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu/Tuwalu, Vanuatu, Wyspy Cooka, Wyspy Marshalla, Wyspy Salomona

• Tonga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: Ton‧ga

Tonga f

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

Tonga is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

• tonganês

Borrowed from Tongan Tonga.

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

“Tonga” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonɡa/ [ˈt̪õŋ.ɡa]

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• Rhymes: -onɡa
• Syllabification: Ton‧ga

Tonga ?

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tango

Tonga n (genitive Tongas)

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• tongan
• tongansk
• tonganska

• Tonga in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

From Samoan toga (“southern”).

• IPA^(key): /to.ŋa/

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

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Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• Tongalı

• (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda

Tonga f

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)

• (countries of Oceania) gwledydd Oceania (Ynysoedd y De); Awstralia, Ffiji, Ciribati, Fanwatw, Micronesia, Nawrw, Niue, Palaw, Papwa Gini Newydd, Samoa, Seland Newydd, Tonga, Twfalw, Ynysoedd Cook, Ynysoedd Marshall, Ynysoedd Solomon ^{(Category: cy:Countries in Oceania)}