tongan

1. 1.

   a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga

   BroaderPolynesian

   Part ofTonga
2. 2.

   the Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan people

   BroaderMalayo-Polynesian

1. 1.

   of or relating to the island monarchy of Tonga or its people

   “Tongan beaches”

Other forms of tongan

plural

tongans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tongan

What does tongan mean?

tongan means "a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tongan?

tongan has 2 syllables: ton-gan. The stress falls on "ton".

Is tongan a common word?

tongan is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.