- Tonga (disambiguation)
Tonga may refer to the Kingdom of Tonga or the African Tonga ethnic groups:
*Kingdom of Tonga, Pacific Island nation whose people are known as Tongans and who speak the
Tongan language
*theTonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe , an ethnic group mainly in southern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe, with some in Mozambique, who speak the Tonga language (Bantu group M)
*theTonga people of Malawi , an ethnic group living on the shores of Lake Malawi who speak theTonga language (Bantu group N) Tonga may also refer to:
*one of several concepts ofPolynesian mythology :
**the southwest wind, the last wind to be reined in by Māui.
**the Tonga islands now home to the Kingdom of Tonga referred to above, settled by the ancestors of all Polynesians, theLapita .
**the name of the first woman in Tonga.
*persons with the surname Tonga:
**Esi Tonga (1988–), Australian Rugby league player, brother of Willie Tonga
**Willie Tonga (1983–), Australian Rugby league player, brother of Esi Tonga
*Tonga Island, New Zealand
*in São Tomé e Príncipe, child of a temporary immigrant
*inIndia , a horse carriage: see tonga (carriage)
*village onNanumanga (Tuvalu): seeTonga (Tuvalu)
*version of Intel'sPentium II microprocessor designed forlaptops
*military codename (Operation Tonga ) given to an airborne operation during theBattle of Normandy
*theTonga language (Mon-Khmer) spoken inThailand andMalaysia
*a village located inShilluk areas of southern Sudan that housed a Catholic mission station
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