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Tonga

noun

A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970. Synonyms: Friendly Islands, Kingdom of Tonga.

The language of the Tongan people of south central Africa (Zambia and Rhodesia).

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"Tonga" Quotes from Famous Books

... labour ship, or (maybe, but this appears too bright) a ship of war. If we can't get the MORNING STAR (and the Board has many reasons that I can see for refusing its permission) I mean to try to fetch Fiji, hire a schooner there, do the Fijis and Friendlies, hit the course of the RICHMOND at Tonga Tabu, make back by Tahiti, and so to S. F., and home: perhaps in June 1890. For the latter part of the cruise will likely be the same in either case. You can see for yourself how much variety and adventure this promises, and that it is not ...

— Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson - Volume 2 • Robert Louis Stevenson

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— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... it's all he ever had in general use. He'd got it because he'd been to the Tonga Islands and used to yarn about them. Put 'Tonga Sam, Phil Boldrick's Pal at Danger Mountain, ult'—add the 'ult,' it's c'rrect.—That'll find him. And write him these words, and if you ever see him say them to him—'Phil Boldrick never had a ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... France also claimed to possess the same gift of healing by touch, which they are said to have derived from Clovis or from St. Louis, while our English kings inherited it from Edward the Confessor. Similarly the savage chiefs of Tonga were believed to heal scrofula and cases of indurated liver by the touch of their feet; and the cure was strictly homoeopathic, for the disease as well as the cure was thought to be caused by contact with the royal person or with anything that ...

— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer

... which led to the creosote barrels. Holmes appeared and reappeared on his fruitless expeditions as the boy's eyes narrowed with excitement, and his figure straightened and his breathing quickened as he followed the police boat in the thrilling pursuit of Tonga and Jonathan Small on ...

— A Son of the City - A Story of Boy Life • Herman Gastrell Seely

Words linked to "Tonga" : Tongan, state, Bantoid language, country, land, Bantu, Polynesia