- a country in the South Pacific consisting of an island group south-east of Fiji; pop. 120,900 (est. 2009); official languages, Tongan and English; capital, Nuku'alofa.
The kingdom of Tonga consists of about 170 volcanic and coral islands, of which thirty-six are inhabited. Visited by the Dutch in the early 17th century, Tonga became a British protectorate in 1900 and an independent Commonwealth state in 1970. It has been a constitutional monarchy since 1875.
(复同单, 或Tongas)
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- a member of any of three peoples of southern Africa, living mainly in Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique respectively通加人（主要生活在赞比亚, 马拉维和莫桑比克的南部非洲三种人群中的任何一种）。
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- mass noun any of the three different Bantu languages spoken by these peoples通加语（通加人所说的三种班图语中的任何一种）。
- of or relating to these peoples or their languages（与）通加人（有关）的; （与）通加语（有关）的。