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- proper noun The kingdom of
Tonga
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- noun a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
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Examples
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He determined, therefore, to beat away for the Friendly Islands, where he was sure of being abundantly provided.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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He determined, therefore, to beat away for the Friendly Islands, where he was sure of being abundantly provided.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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We found here a native of the Friendly Islands, who called himself Fenow, and a relation of the chief of that name of
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791 Edward Edwards
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A letter from brother John Burdsall, who is at the Conference, informs me, that he had some conversation with Dr. Bunting respecting my Richard and the Friendly Islands.
Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York John Lyth
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London privateer _Port-au-prince_, a vessel that had been cut off by the natives of the Haabai Group, in the Friendly Islands, twenty years previously.
Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Louis Becke 1884
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Cook called this archipelago the Friendly Islands.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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A fresh visit to Tahiti and the Friendly Islands -- Exploration of New
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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A letter from brother John Burdsall, who is at the Conference, informs me, that he had some conversation with Dr. Bunting respecting my Richard and the Friendly Islands.
Religion in Earnest Lyth, Mrs Mary 1861
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Dr Forster, who accompanied Captain Cook on the voyage round the world from 1772 to 1775, observed fox-bats at the Friendly Islands, where they were seen in large groups of hundreds.
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Islands, the Marquesas, and some of the Friendly Islands, where we found volcanic remains, as well as Ambrrym and Tanna, where we actually saw burning mountains, have a rich and fertile soil, in which nature displays the magnificence of the vegetable kingdom.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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