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TONGAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Tongan" is a kind of...):

Malayo-Polynesian; Polynesian (the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tongan" is a kind of...):

Polynesian (a native or inhabitant of Polynesia)

Holonyms ("Tongan" is a member of...):

Friendly Islands; Kingdom of Tonga; Tonga (a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the island monarchy of Tonga or its people

Example:

Tongan beaches

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Tonga (a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970)

Derivation:

Tonga (a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970)

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