a country consisting of about 170 small islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Population: 104,227 (2001). Capital: Nuku'alofa. It is ruled by a king and is a member of the British Commonwealth. officially Kingdom of Tonga Island country, South Pacific Ocean
the language of the Tonga people of south central Africa (Zambia and Rhodesia) a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970