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- Tongan · derived fromTongatapu
- English todayTongatapu
From Tongan Tongatapu, from tonga (“south”) + tapu (“sacred”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An island of Tonga, Oceania, on the Tonga archipelago, Polynesia, Pacific Ocean; the main island of Tonga, with its capital city, Nuku'alofa. Full definition →