טאָנגאַ

Yiddish

Etymology

From Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).

Proper noun

טאָנגאַ • (tonga) n

  1. Tonga (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)
    • 2024 March 5, Dor Shabashewitz, “פֿאַר וואָס זענען די דרײַ פּאַציפֿישע אינדזלען צווישן ישׂראלס בעסטע פֿרײַנד? [far vos zenen di dray patsifishe indzlen tsvishn ysrals beste fraynd?]”, in Forverts‎[1]:
      פּונקט דעמאָלט איז דאָ אין ישׂראל געווען אַ גרופּע קריסטלעכע פּילגרימען פֿון טאָנגאַ...
      punkt demolt iz do in ysral geven a grupe kristlekhe pilgrimen fun tonga...
      There was a group of Christian pilgrims from Tonga in Israel at the time...
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