• Tonga

    Origin 1

    From Hindi टाँगा.

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    Noun

    tonga

    (plural tongas)
    1. (India) A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
      • 1890, Plain Tales from the Hills, Rudyard KiplingComing up along the Cart-Road a tonga passed me, and my pony, tired with standing so long, set off at a canter.

    Origin 2

    From Tonga

    Noun

    tonga

    (uncountable)
    1. (medicine) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus .

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