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KINGDOM OF TONGA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
Synonyms:
Friendly Islands; Kingdom of Tonga; Tonga
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (members of "Kingdom of Tonga"):
Tongan (a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga)
Holonyms ("Kingdom of Tonga" is a part of...):
Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)