Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai

proper noun

A seamount and volcano in Tonga, Oceania in the Tonga archipelago, Polynesia, Pacific ocean, that has two peaks that become the islets of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A seamount and volcano in Tonga, Oceania in the Tonga archipelago, Polynesia, Pacific ocean, that has two peaks that become the islets of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai.
  2. A former island in Tonga, on the seamount; formed from a new cinder cone that rose in the strait between the islands of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai, and connected them; which was destroyed in a 2022 explosive eruption, leaving the two prior islands, now smaller, separated again.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Hunga Tonga Ha'apai
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Origin

  1. TonganHunga Tonga+Hunga Ha‘apai
  2. EnglishHunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai

From Hunga Tonga + Hunga Ha'apai. From Tongan Hunga Tonga+Hunga Ha‘apai.

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APA

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hunga%20Tonga-Hunga%20Ha'apai

MLA

“Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hunga%20Tonga-Hunga%20Ha'apai. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hunga%20Tonga-Hunga%20Ha'apai.

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