English
Etymology
From Tongan Nukuʻalofa, from nuku (“abode”) + alofa (“love”). Literally, “abode of love”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nuku'alofa
- The capital city of Tonga.
Translations
capital of Tonga
- Afrikaans: Nuku'alofa
- Arabic: نُوكُو أَلُوفَا f (nūkū ʔalūfā)
- Armenian: Նուկուալոֆա (Nukualofa)
- Belarusian: Нукуало́фа f (Nukualófa)
- Bulgarian: Нукуало́фа f (Nukualófa)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 努庫阿洛法 / 努库阿洛法 (nou5 fu3 aa3 lok6 faat3, nou5 fu3 aa3 lok3 faat3)
- Mandarin: 努庫阿洛法 / 努库阿洛法 (zh) (Nǔkù'āluòfǎ)
- Danish: Nuku'alofa n
- Dutch: Nuku'alofa n
- Georgian: ნუკუალოფა (nuḳualopa)
- Greek: Νουκουαλόφα f (Noukoualófa)
- Hawaiian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: ヌクアロファ (ja) (Nukuarofa)
- Khmer: នូគូអាឡូផ្វា (km) (nuukuuʼaaloupviə)
- Korean: 누쿠알로파 (Nukuallopa)
- Macedonian: Нукуало́фа f (Nukualófa)
- Maori: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: Nukualofa f, Nucualofa f
- Russian: Нукуало́фа (ru) f (Nukualófa)
- Samoan: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: Nukualofa (es) f
- Thai: นูกูอาโลฟา
- Tongan: Nukuʻalofa
- Ukrainian: Нукуало́фа f (Nukualófa)
- Vietnamese: Nu-cu-a-lô-pha
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Tongan Nukuʻalofa (literally “abode of love”).
Proper noun
Nuku'alofa
- Nuku'alofa (the capital city of Tonga)
Derived terms
References
- “Lys buitelandse geografiese name met afleidings”, in Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls (in Afrikaans), 11th edition, Cape Town: Pharos, 2017, →ISBN, page 644