Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

is a Pacific Island nation whose people are known as Tongans. Tonga may also refer to:

Ethnic groups

Tonga people (Zambia and Zimbabwe) The Tonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe (also called 'Batonga') are a Bantu ethnic group of southern Zambia and neighbouring northern Zimbabwe, and to a lesser extent, in Mozambique. They are related to the Batoka who are part of the Tokaleya peo ...

Tonga people (Malawi) The Tonga (also called ''Batonga, Lake Shore Tonga'' or ''Nyasa Tonga'') are an ethnic group living in northern Malawi on the shores of Lake Malawi in Nkhata Bay and northern part of Nkhotakota. Their language and Tonga people of Zambia and Zimb ...

Languages

Tongan language Tongan (English pronunciation: or ; ') is an Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch native to the island nation of Tonga. It has around 187,000 speakers. It uses the word order verb–subject–object. Related languages Tongan is on ...

, or Tonga, a Polynesian language spoken in Tonga in the South Pacific *

Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe) Tonga (''Chitonga''), also known as ''Zambezi'', is a Bantu language primarily spoken by the Tonga people (''Batonga'') who live mainly in the Southern province, Lusaka province Central Province and Western province of Zambia, and in northern Z ...

, or Chitonga, a Bantu language spoken in Zambia and Zimbabwe *

Tonga language (Mozambique) The Tonga language of Mozambique, or ''Gitonga'' (spelled ''Guitonga'' in Portuguese) is a Bantu language spoken along the southern coast of the country. Often thought to be closest to Chopi Chopi may refer to: * Chopi people, an ethnic group of ...

, or Gitonga, a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique * Tonga language (Malawi), or Chitonga, a Bantu language spoken in Malawi * Ten'edn, also known as Tonga or Mos, a Mon-Khmer language spoken in Thailand and Malaysia

Places

Kingdom of Tonga (1900–1970) The Kingdom of Tonga was a protected state of the United Kingdom from 1900 to 1970, when its protectorate status was removed. History Tonga became a British protected state under a Treaty of Friendship on 18 May 1900, when European settlers an ...

, protected state of the United Kingdom * Tonga, Cameroon, a town and commune in Ouest region * Tonga River, Fiji *

Tonga Island Tonga Island is a small (0.15 km2) island in Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, off the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It lies within the Abel Tasman National Park, about off Onetahuti Beach. The island has a flourishing fu ...

, New Zealand * Tonga, Mpumalanga, South Africa, a town *Tonga, southern Sudan, a village that housed a Catholic mission station; see

Shilluk people The Shilluk ( Shilluk: ''Chollo'') are a major Luo Nilotic ethnic group of Southern Sudan, living on both banks of the river Nile, in the vicinity of the city of Malakal. Before the Second Sudanese Civil War the Shilluk also lived in a number ...

* Tonga (Tuvalu), a village on the island of Nanumanga, Tuvalu *

Tonga Plate The Tonga Plate is a small southwest Pacific tectonic plate or microplate. It is centered at approximately 19° S. latitude and 173° E. longitude. The plate is an elongated plate oriented NNE - SSW and is a northward continuation of the Kermadec ...

, a small tectonic plate in the southwest Pacific Ocean * Tonga Trench, an oceanic trench in the south Pacific Ocean

Polynesian mythology

*the southwest wind, the last wind to be reined in by Māui *the name of the first woman in Tonga

Other uses

Tonga (name) Tonga as a given name or surname may refer to: *Tonga Fifita (born 1959), semi-retired professional wrestler * Tonga Lea'aetoa (born 1977), New Zealand-Tongan rugby union player * Tonga Mahuta (c. 1897 – 1947), New Zealand tribal leader * Lord T ...

, a list of those with Tonga as either a given name or surname *A version of Intel's

Pentium II The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture (" P6") and x86-compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997. Containing 7.5 million transistors (27.4 million in the case of the mobile Dixon with 256 KB ...

microprocessor designed for laptops *

Operation Tonga Operation Tonga was the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as a part of Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings during World War II. The paratroopers and ...

, an airborne operation during the World War II Battle of Normandy *Tonga Cup, Tonga's premier knockout football tournament *Tanga (carriage) or Tonga, a horse-drawn carriage in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh *Tonga, codename of AMD Radeon GPUs; see AMD_Radeon_Rx_200_series#Radeon_R9_285, R9 285/AMD_Radeon_Rx_300_series, 380/380X

Ethnic groups

Languages

Places

Polynesian mythology

Other uses

See also