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Tonga
Tonga , officially Kingdom of Tonga, island kingdom (2005 est. pop. 112,000), 270 sq mi (699 sq km), South Pacific, c.2000 mi (3,220 km) NE of Sydney, Australia. Tonga is the only surviving independent kingdom in the South Pacific. Nukualofa is the capital. Land, People, and Economy The more than... Read more |
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Uvea
Uvea ETHNONYMS: East Uvean, Uvean, Wallis Island Uvea, like its twin island Futuna, is culturally and linguistically closely related to Tonga. Uvea is a volcanic high Island located 180 kilometers northeast of Futuna at 13 Read more |
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Kermadec Islands
Kermadec Islands , almost uninhabited, active volcanic group (c.13 sq mi/34 sq km), South Pacific, 450 mi (720 km) NE of New Zealand, of which they are a dependency. Raoul, or Sunday, Island, the largest, is mountainous, with three main craters. The group, now a nature reserve, was annexed to New... Read more |
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Nukualofa
Nukualofa , town (1986 pop. 21,300), capital and chief port of the Kingdom of Tonga , on the northern coast of Tongatapu island. The city has a deep harbor; copra, bananas, vanilla, and handicrafts are exported. The royal palace and government buildings are in Nukualofa. In 2006 the central... Read more |
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Polynesia
Polynesia [Gr.,=many islands], one of the three main divisions of Oceania , in the central and S Pacific Ocean. The larger islands are volcanic; the smaller ones are generally coral formations. The principal groups are the Hawaiian Islands (see Hawaii ), Samoa , Tonga , and the islands of ... Read more |
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Fletcher Christian
Christian, Fletcher (1764–93?), a Cumberland man of Manx origin, who was launched on a sea profession by William Bligh and promoted by him from master's mate to acting lieutenant in the Bounty for her voyage to Tahiti in 1788. Relations between the two deteriorated, however, and after a... Read more |
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Abel Janszoon Tasman
Abel Janszoon Tasman , 1603?-1659, Dutch navigator. In the service of the Dutch East India Company from c.1632 to 1653, he made several trading and exploring voyages in the Pacific and Indian oceans. On a voyage (1639-42) in the N Pacific he visited the Philippines and Taiwan, followed the coast of... Read more |
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Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the associated states (states with full internal government but whose external relations are governed by Britain). At... Read more |
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Malawi
Malawi , officially Republic of Malawi, republic (2005 est. pop. 12,159,000), 45,200 sq mi (117,068 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Zambia in the west, on Tanzania in the north, and on Mozambique in the east, south, and southwest. The capital is Lilongwe ; Blantyre is its largest city and... Read more |
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Oceanic art
Oceanic art works produced by the island peoples of the S and NW Pacific, including Melanesia (New Guinea and the islands to its north and east), Micronesia (Mariana, Caroline, Marshall, and Gilbert islands), and Polynesia (which includes the Hawaiian Islands, the Samoas, Tonga, New Zealand, and... Read more |
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TONGA
TONGA. A country in Oceania and member of the COMMONWEALTH, consisting of 170 islands due south of Western Samoa. Languages: Tongan, English (both official). Tonga was a British protectorate from 1900 until independence in 1970. |
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Tonga
Tonga (Friendly Islands) South Pacific island kingdom, c.2200km (1370mi...missionaries converted the indigenous population to Christianity. In 1900, Tonga became a British Protectorate. In 1970, the country achieved independence... |
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Bounty, HMS
...fragile discipline contributed to mutiny by some of the crew under the leadership of master's mate Fletcher Christian, near Tonga (28 April 1789); Captain William Bligh and eighteen loyal crewmen were set adrift in the long boat. The mutineers sailed... |
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convergent plate margins
...exemplified by those of the western Pacific such as the Mariana Trench (between the Pacific and Philippine plates) or the Tonga-Kermadec Trench (between the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates). The plate boundary is a narrow zone lying in a deep... |
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Malawi
...868capital (population):Lilongwe (440,471)government:Multiparty republicethnic groups:Maravi (Chewa, Nyanja, Tonga, Tumbuka) 58%, Lomwe 18%, Yao 13%, Ngoni 7%languages:Chichewa and English (both official)religions:Christianity... |
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Tasman, Abel Janszoon
...discovered what is now called Tasmania. Tasman reached New Zealand, but was attacked by Maoris in Golden Bay. He landed on Tonga and Fiji, and sailed along the n coast of New Ireland. Although he circumnavigated Australia, he never sighted the mainland... |
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ZAMBIA
...the COMMONWEALTH. Languages: English (official); seven indigenous languages recognized, including Bemba, Nyanja, and Tonga. The British colony of Northern Rhodesia gained its independence as Zambia in 1964. It is one of the most urbanized of East... |
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Bounty, Mutiny on the
Bounty, Mutiny on the (April 28, 1789) British mutiny that took place near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Christian led a rebellion against Captain William Bligh. Bligh and 18 loyal crew members... |
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Cook, James
...the Resolution in 1772–5, Cook finally disproved the southern continent by sailing round Antarctica but also discovered Tonga and the New Hebrides. A third major expedition in 1776–9 was to the North Pacific to find the end of the North-West Passage... |
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International Date Line
...adjustments to avoid the division of certain Island groups which lie astride it, the Aleutian Islands in the north and the Fiji, Tonga, and Kermadoc groups, with New Zealand, in the south. It is on this international dateline that the zone times of +12 hours... |
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Tonga
Tonga (or Friendly Islands) An island country bordering the Tonga Trench in the South Pacific Ocean.Physical Tonga comprises over 150 islands, most of them too small for habitation and even the largest, Tongatapu, measuring a mere 40 km (25... |
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tonga
tonga •banger, clanger, ganger, hangar, hanger, haranguer, Sanger, Stavanger •headbanger...mud-slinger •gunslinger • bell-ringer • klipspringer •Helsingor •prolonger, tonga, wronger •ponga |
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Tonga–Kermadec Trench
Tonga–Kermadec Trench The oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean which forms part of the boundary between the Indo-Australian and Pacific Plates. |
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Tonga-Kermadec Trench
Tonga-Kermadec Trench The oceanic trench in the western Pacific Ocean which forms part of the boundary between the Indo-Australian... |
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Tongatapu
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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Niue
...taha indicates that it is an island on its own, between the Tonga Islands and Cook Islands, from nuku ‘island’, tu...original name was that given to the island by early immigrants from Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji. |
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Zambia
...beliefs 27.0%; Muslim 0.3%Ethnic Groups: Bemba 36.2%; Nyanja 15%; Tonga 19%; Mambwe 8.0%; Barotze 7.0%Languages: English (official); Bemba; Tonga; local languagesInternational Organizations: UN; Commonwealth; SADC; OAU |
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Nuku'alofa
Nuku'alofa, Tonga ‘Land, or Abode, of Love’. It is the capital of Tonga. |
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Argento, Dominick
...Album of Allegra Harper, 1867 (suite from opera Colonel Jonathan) (1961); Royal Invitation, or Homage to the Queen of Tonga (1964); Suite, Royal Invitation (1964); Variations (The Mask of Night) (1965); Bravo Mozart!, vn., ob., hn... |
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banger
...singer, slinger, springer, stinger, stringer, swinger, winger, wringer, zinger •Schrödinger • mud-slinger •gunslinger • bell-ringer • klipspringer •Helsingor •prolonger, tonga, wronger •ponga |
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Tonga's Speaker accused of embarrassing the country.
...AUSTRALIA) -- The decision by the Speaker of Tonga's parliament to abandon a delegation...He was arrested on his arrival back in Tonga on charges of possessing ammunition. Melino...excited when I heard that Israeli invite the Tonga speaker and some of the parliamentary to... |
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Tonga files suit to recover $26 million it entrusted to `court jester'.
...Khanh SAN JOSE, Calif. _ The Kingdom of Tonga is learning the hard way what happens when...told in a lawsuit filed by the Kingdom of Tonga, contends that a former San Francisco...said Mateni Tapueluelu, an editor for the Tonga Times, a newspaper consistently critical... |
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Tonga Kingdom's Jester, Financial Adviser Doesn't Find Lawsuit Amusing.
...the official royal Jester for the Kingdom of Tonga. And now the jester tells his side of the Tonga tale. J.D. "Jesse" Bogdonoff, a Bay...the official royal jester for the Kingdom of Tonga -- and the title is for life. Yes, his financial... |
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Tonga adopted Singapore laws to control the Press.
06 MAY 2004 NUKUA'LOFA (Pacnews) - Tonga's Attorney-General and Minister for Justice...Aisea Taumoepeau, one of the key instigators of Tonga's repressive media laws, said the Tonga Government had adopted parts of the media laws... |
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Tonga back and eligible for Cougars
...PROVO -- When BYU senior fullback Manase Tonga came out Friday morning for his first practice...back. It felt like coming home," said Tonga, who was ruled academically ineligible...them embrace me like this is perfect."Tonga was watching film with teammates earlier... |
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Tonga advisor also court jester: ; Kingdom of Tonga missing $26 million it...
...need to be aware of this situation in the Kingdom of Tonga. The Kingdom of Tonga, as you know if you just now looked it up in the...exact number depends on the height of the waves). Tonga boasts a monarchy-style government and an ecology... |
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TONGA AWARDS FIRST CABLE LICENSE.
NUKUALOFA, Oc 20 Asia Pulse - Tonga has granted its first cable communications license to Tonga Cable Limited. Prime Minister Lord Tu'ivakano...Robert Bolouri, the interim Managing Director of Tonga Cable Limited. Tonga Cable Limited becomes... |
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Tonga National Operator to Cover Islands with WiMAX Using Alvarion; Tonga...
...specialized mobile networks, today announced that Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) has selected its BreezeMAX 3500 solution to cover the Kingdom of Tonga with WiMAX services. Tonga CC, the islands' national operator, plans to overlay... |
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Tonga awards first cable communications license, opens up tuna fishing to...
...NUKUALOFA, 19 OCTOBER, 2011 (MIC) -- Tonga has granted its first cable communications license to Tonga Cable Limited. Prime Minister Lord Tu...Bolouri, the interim Managing Director of Tonga Cable Limited. Tonga Cable Limited becomes... |
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RL: Tonga just enjoying the ride
...News (Australia) 11-11-2004 RL: Tonga just enjoying the ride By Brent Read LEEDS, England, Nov 10 AAP - Willie Tonga has no idea how many games of rugby...remaining matches in the Tri-Nations,and Tonga will finish the season close to the... |
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