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A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga. Capital and largest city: Nuku'alofa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A Bantu language, in the Nyasa branch, spoken in Malawi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Chitonga
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A Bantu language, in the Botatwe branch, spoken in Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Chitonga, Zambezi
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A Bantu language spoken in Mozambique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Gitonga
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A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A barangay of Balud, Masbate, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
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noun
A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
the language of the Tongan people of south central Africa (Zambia and Rhodesia)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Bantu, Bantoid language
noun
a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands
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Broader terms: country, state, land
History
From Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).
From Hindi टाँगा (ṭāṅgā).
From Tonga.
Across languages
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
