Nukualofa

American  

[noo-koo-uh-law-fuh] / ˌnu ku əˈlɔ fə /

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Tonga, in the S Pacific Ocean.

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Nuku'alofa British  

/ ˌnuːkuːəˈlɔːfə /

noun

1. the capital of Tonga, a port on the N coast of Tongatapu Island. Pop: 36 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

A letter signed by Education Minister Penisimani Fifita told staff at Tonga High School in the capital Nukualofa that girls should not play rugby or take part in boxing to “preserve the dignity of Tongan women and hold on to Tongan cultural values.”

From Washington Times

A prominent resident whom we had met at Nukualofa, Mr. Parker, wrote to describe the honours paid to his memory.

From Project Gutenberg

Our steamer left Nukualofa that evening, and we took on board a number of natives bound for Samoa.

From Project Gutenberg

There are no roads in Nukualofa, green turf paths serve instead; indeed the whole of the little island, with its long stately avenues of coconut palms, its sheltering bowers of banyan trees, its groups of bananas, and groves of orange and other tropical trees too numerous and too varied to describe, seems one beautiful and universal park.

From Project Gutenberg

We steamed out of the harbour of Nukualofa by a different passage to that by which we had entered, and before we passed the reef we had to make our way through a perfect network of little islands, all alike, palm-fringed and scattered about at random like flowers in a meadow.

From Project Gutenberg