Category:Tonga



Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845 A.D.. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 A.D. and a British protectorate in 1900 A.D.; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970 A.D.. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific. Tongan and English are spoken.

Ton"ga, n. (med.)

Defn: a drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a fijian plant Supposed to be of the aroid genus epipremnum.