1
: a member of a Polynesian people of Tonga
2
: the Polynesian language of the Tongans
Tongan
adjective
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Places of worship owned by both the Tongan Free Church and the Wesleyan Church of Tonga continue to sit, albeit now somewhat less uneasily, in close proximity to each other throughout the islands.
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 June 2024
The experiment increased the income of participating Tongan workers by a factor of ten, an effect that dwarfed the potential benefit of any imaginable aid program.
—Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2015
The association then helped begin the Euless Tongan Community Committee, which focuses on culture, health, and education.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2024
The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander category will have more detailed choices as well: Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Tongan, Fijian, Marshallese or another group (for example, Chuukese, Palauan, Tahitian).
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
Introduction The shock wave from the Tongan eruption triggered tsunamis on the other side of the world, in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea — something that was only a theoretical possibility up to that point, right?
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
The shock wave from the Tongan eruption triggered tsunamis on the other side of the world, in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea — something that was only a theoretical possibility up to that point, right?
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
The crowd cheers for a float from the Tongan West Stake at the Days of '47 Parade in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 24, 2023.
—Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 July 2023
The tsunamis also displaced more than 1,500 people on Tongan islands, and the eruption impacted over 80 percent of Tonga’s population.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 June 2024
The experiment increased the income of participating Tongan workers by a factor of ten, an effect that dwarfed the potential benefit of any imaginable aid program.
—Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2015
The association then helped begin the Euless Tongan Community Committee, which focuses on culture, health, and education.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2024
The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander category will have more detailed choices as well: Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Tongan, Fijian, Marshallese or another group (for example, Chuukese, Palauan, Tahitian).
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
Introduction The shock wave from the Tongan eruption triggered tsunamis on the other side of the world, in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea — something that was only a theoretical possibility up to that point, right?
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
The shock wave from the Tongan eruption triggered tsunamis on the other side of the world, in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea — something that was only a theoretical possibility up to that point, right?
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
The crowd cheers for a float from the Tongan West Stake at the Days of '47 Parade in Salt Lake City on Monday, July 24, 2023.
—Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 July 2023
The tsunamis also displaced more than 1,500 people on Tongan islands, and the eruption impacted over 80 percent of Tonga’s population.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
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“Tongan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tongan. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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