Tongatapu

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | 216 words | Copyright

Tongatapu, Tonga The most southerly group of the islands of Tonga is called Tongatapu ‘Sacred Tonga’ from tabu ‘sacred’. The English word ‘taboo’ comes from the Tongan word.

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