Tonga

See also: tonga and tong-a

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English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Tonga

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

Derived terms

• Tonga Trench

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Tonga
• Arabic: تُونْغَا f (tūnḡā)

  Hijazi Arabic: تونقا f (tōnga)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: Tonga (ast)
• Bengali: টোঙ্গা (bn) (ṭōṅga)
• Breton: Tonga
• Bulgarian: Тонга (Tonga)
• Catalan: Tonga (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 湯加 / 汤加 (zh) (Tāngjiā) (Mainland China), 東加 / 东加 (zh) (Dōngjiā) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Tonga (cs)
• Danish: Tonga (da)
• Dutch: Tonga (nl)
• East Futuna: Toga
• Esperanto: Tongo (eo)
• Faroese: Tonga n
• Finnish: Tonga (fi)
• French: Tonga (fr)
• Georgian: ტონგა (ka) (ṭonga)
• German: Tonga (de) n
• Greek: Τόνγκα (el) (Tóngka), Τόγκα (el) (Tógka)
• Hawaiian: Kona
• Hindi: टोंगा (hi) m (ṭoṅgā)
• Interlingua: Tonga
• Italian: Tonga (it)
• Japanese: トンガ (ja) (Tonga)
• Kalenjin: Tonga
• Kamba: Tonga
• Khmer: តុងហ្កា (km) (tonggaa)
• Kikuyu: Tonga
• Korean: 통가 (ko) (Tongga)
• Luhya: Tonga
• Luo: Tonga
• Macedonian: Тонга f (Tonga)
• Marathi: टाँगा m (ṭŏṅgā)
• Meru: Tonga
• Mingrelian: ტონგა (ṭonga)
• Navajo: Tʼónga
• Norman: Tonga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Tonga

  Nynorsk: Tonga (nn)

• Polish: Tonga (pl) n
• Portuguese: Tonga (pt) f
• Rarotongan: Tonga
• Romanian: Tonga (ro) f
• Russian: То́нга (ru) f (Tónga)
• Samoan: Toga
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Тонга f

  Latin: Tonga (sh) f

• Spanish: Tonga (es)
• Swahili: Tonga (sw)
• Swedish: Tonga (sv)
• Tagalog: Tonga
• Thai: ตองกา (dtɔɔng-gaa), ตองงา (th) (dtɔɔng-ngaa)
• Tongan: Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga, Tonga
• Turkish: Tonga (tr), Tonga Krallığı (tr)
• Ukrainian: То́нга (Tónha), То́нґа (Tónga)
• Vietnamese: Tôn-ga
• Wallisian: Toga
• Yoruba: Tonga

See also

countries in Oceania (appendix)edit

• 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

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Tonga

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

   Synonym: Chitonga

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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.

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Tonga

1. A Bantu language spoken in Mozambique.

   Synonym: Gitonga

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Tonga (plural Tongas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• 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.

Further reading

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

Etymology 6

Proper noun

Tonga

1. A barangay of Balud, Masbate, Philippines.

   Coordinate terms: Baybay, Bongcanaway, Calumpang, Cantil, Casamongan, Danao, Dao, Guinbanwahan, Ilaya, Jangan, Jintotolo, Mabuhay, Mapili, Mapitogo, Pajo, Palane, Panguiranan, Panubigan, Poblacion, Pulanduta, Quinayangan Diotay, Quinayangan Tonga, Salvacion, Sampad, San Andres, San Antonio, Sapatos, Talisay, Tonga, Ubo, Victory, Villa Alvarez — barangays of Balud

Anagrams

• Atong, on tag, tag on, tango

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania; capital and largest city: Nuku'alofa)

Related terms

• Tongaan
• Tongaans

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Tonga f

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

Derived terms

• tongalès

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tonga

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoŋɡa]

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of Tonga (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Tonga
genitive	Tongy
dative	Tonze
accusative	Tongu
vocative	Tongo
locative	Tonze
instrumental	Tongou

Danish

Proper noun

Tonga

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

Related terms

• tonganer
• tongansk

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːn.ɡaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ton‧ga

Proper noun

Tonga n

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

Derived terms

• Tongaan m / Tongaanse f
• Tongaans

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔŋka/

Proper noun

Tonga n

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

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Tonga
accusative	Tonga
dative	Tonga
genitive	Tonga

Finnish

Etymology

From Tongan Tonga.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Tonga

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

Declension

Inflection of Tonga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Tonga	—
genitive		Tongan	—
partitive		Tongaa	—
illative		Tongaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Tonga	—
accusative	nom.	Tonga	—
	gen.	Tongan
genitive		Tongan	—
partitive		Tongaa	—
inessive		Tongassa	—
elative		Tongasta	—
illative		Tongaan	—
adessive		Tongalla	—
ablative		Tongalta	—
allative		Tongalle	—
essive		Tongana	—
translative		Tongaksi	—
abessive		Tongatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Tonga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tongani — accusative nom. Tongani — gen. Tongani genitive Tongani — partitive Tongaani — inessive Tongassani — elative Tongastani — illative Tongaani — adessive Tongallani — ablative Tongaltani — allative Tongalleni — essive Tonganani — translative Tongakseni — abessive Tongattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tongasi — accusative nom. Tongasi — gen. Tongasi genitive Tongasi — partitive Tongaasi — inessive Tongassasi — elative Tongastasi — illative Tongaasi — adessive Tongallasi — ablative Tongaltasi — allative Tongallesi — essive Tonganasi — translative Tongaksesi — abessive Tongattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tongamme — accusative nom. Tongamme — gen. Tongamme genitive Tongamme — partitive Tongaamme — inessive Tongassamme — elative Tongastamme — illative Tongaamme — adessive Tongallamme — ablative Tongaltamme — allative Tongallemme — essive Tonganamme — translative Tongaksemme — abessive Tongattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tonganne — accusative nom. Tonganne — gen. Tonganne genitive Tonganne — partitive Tongaanne — inessive Tongassanne — elative Tongastanne — illative Tongaanne — adessive Tongallanne — ablative Tongaltanne — allative Tongallenne — essive Tongananne — translative Tongaksenne — abessive Tongattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Tongansa — accusative nom. Tongansa — gen. Tongansa genitive Tongansa — partitive Tongaansa — inessive Tongassaan Tongassansa — elative Tongastaan Tongastansa — illative Tongaansa — adessive Tongallaan Tongallansa — ablative Tongaltaan Tongaltansa — allative Tongalleen Tongallensa — essive Tonganaan Tonganansa — translative Tongakseen Tongaksensa — abessive Tongattaan Tongattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• tonga
• tongalainen

Anagrams

• tango, togan

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

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

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

Derived terms

• Tongaer
• tongaisch

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Tonga

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania; official name: Tongai Királyság)

Declension

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	—

Derived terms

• tongai

See also

countries in Oceania: Ausztrália és Óceánia országai (appendix)edit

• Ausztrália
• Cook-szigetek
• Fidzsi-szigetek
• Kiribati
• Marshall-szigetek
• Mikronéziai Szövetségi Államok, (loosely) Mikronézia
• Nauru
• Niue
• Palau
• Pápua Új-Guinea
• Salamon-szigetek
• Szamoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Új-Zéland
• Vanuatu

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Tonga f pl (plural only)

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

Derived terms

• tongano

Anagrams

• tango

Japanese

Romanization

Tonga

1. Rōmaji transcription of トンガ

Latin

Proper noun

Tonga f sg (genitive Tongae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tonga
genitive	Tongae
dative	Tongae
accusative	Tongam
ablative	Tongā
vocative	Tonga
locative	Tongae

Lithuanian

Tònga

Etymology

Borrowed from Tongan Tonga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [¹ˈtɔŋɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔŋɡɐ
• Syllabification: Tòn‧ga

Proper noun

Tònga f (uncountable, relational adjective tongiẽtiškas, demonym tongiẽtis, female demonym tongiẽtė) stress pattern 1

1. Tonga (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania; official name: Tòngos Karalỹstė)

Declension

Declension of Tònga

	singular
nominative	Tònga
genitive	Tòngos
dative	Tòngai
accusative	Tòngą
instrumental	Tònga
locative	Tòngoje
vocative	Tònga

See also

countries in Oceania: Okeãnijos valstýbės (appendix)edit

• Austrãlija
• Fi̇̀džis
• Kiribãtis
• Kùko Sãlos
• Máršalo Sãlos
• Mikronèzija
• Naujóji Zelándija
• Naùru
• Niùjė
• Paláu
• Pãpua Naujóji Gvinė́ja
• Saliãmono Sãlos
• Samòa
• Tònga
• Tuvãlu
• Vanuãtu

Further reading

• “Tonga” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Tonga

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

Related terms

• tonganer
• tongansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Tonga

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

Related terms

• tongan, tonganar
• tongansk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔŋ.ɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋɡa
• Syllabification: Ton‧ga

Proper noun

Tonga n (indeclinable, related adjective tongijski)

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

Derived terms

nouns

• Tongijczyk
• Tongijka

See also

countries in Oceania: kraje Oceanii (appendix)edit

• Australia
• Fidżi
• Kiribati
• Mikronezja
• Nauru
• Niue
• Nowa Zelandia
• Palau
• Papua-Nowa Gwinea
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu ~ Tuwalu
• Vanuatu
• Wyspy Cooka
• Wyspy Marshalla
• Wyspy Salomona

Further reading

• “Tonga”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtõ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtõ.ɡɐ/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈtõ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtõ.ɡɐ/

• Hyphenation: Ton‧ga

Proper noun

Tonga f

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• tonganês

Rarotongan

Etymology

Borrowed from Tongan Tonga.

Proper noun

Tonga

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

References

“Tonga”, in Dictionary of Cook Islands Languages, 2016–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonɡa/ [ˈt̪õŋ.ɡa]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -onɡa
• Syllabification: Ton‧ga

Proper noun

Tonga ?

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

Anagrams

• tango

Swedish

Proper noun

Tonga n (genitive Tongas)

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

Related terms

• tongan
• tongansk
• tonganska

See also

countries in Oceania: Oceaniens länder (appendix)edit

• Australien
• Cooköarna
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshallöarna
• Mikronesien
• Nauru
• Nya Zeeland
• Palau
• Papua Nya Guinea
• Salomonöarna
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

Further reading

• “Tonga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Tongan

Etymology

From Samoan toga (“southern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to.ŋa/

Proper noun

Tonga

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Tonga

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

Declension

Declension of Tonga

	singular
nominative	Tonga
accusative	Tonga'yı
dative	Tonga'ya
locative	Tonga'da
ablative	Tonga'dan
genitive	Tonga'nın

Possessive forms of Tonga

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Tonga'm	Tongalarım Tonga'larım
senin (your)	Tonga'n	Tongaların Tonga'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Tonga'sı	Tongaları Tonga'ları
bizim (our)	Tonga'mız	Tongalarımız Tonga'larımız
sizin (your)	Tonga'nız	Tongalarınız Tonga'larınız
onların (their)	Tonga'sı Tongaları Tonga'ları	Tongaları Tonga'ları

Derived terms

• Tongalı

See also

countries in Oceania: Okyanusya ülkeleri (appendix)edit

• Avustralya
• Cook Adaları
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Adaları
• Mikronezya
• Nauru
• Niue
• Palau
• Papua Yeni Gine
• Samoa
• Solomon Adaları
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Yeni Zelanda

Welsh

Proper noun

Tonga f

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

Coordinate terms

countries in Oceania: gwledydd Oceania (Ynysoedd y De) (appendix)edit

• Awstralia
• Ciribati
• Fanwatw
• Ffiji
• Micronesia
• Nawrw
• Niue
• Palaw
• Papwa Gini Newydd
• Samoa
• Seland Newydd
• Tonga
• Twfalw
• Ynysoedd Cook
• Ynysoedd Marshall
• Ynysoedd Solomon