Tongan

Tongan
/tong"geuhn/, n.
1. a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
2. a Polynesian language, the language of the Tongans.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to Tonga, its people, or their language.
[1890-95; TONG(A) + -AN]

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