Nukualofa
noun
a seaport in and the capital of Tonga, in the S Pacific Ocean.
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Nuku'alofa
Nuku'alofanounthe capital of Tonga, a port on the N coast of Tongatapu Island. Pop: 36 000 (2005 est)
Nukualofa
American
[noo-koo-uh-law-fuh]
/ ˌnu ku əˈlɔ fə /
noun
Nuku'alofa
British
/ ˌnuːkuːəˈlɔːfə /
noun
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As the visiting Queen stepped ashore at the Tongan capital of Nukualofa, it began to rain once more.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was stationed near the Tongan capital, Nukualofa, during the war.
From Time Magazine Archive
A prominent resident whom we had met at Nukualofa, Mr. Parker, wrote to describe the honours paid to his memory.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers
Nathaniel Turner and William Cross took up their residence at Nukualofa.
From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by William Henry Giles Kingston
He was of Tongan blood, though all he knew of his parents was that they had escaped from Nukualofa at the time of the Persecution, and had died in Samoa when he was a child.
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne
Those include the embassy in embassy in Nuku’alofa, an embassy in Honiara, Solomon Islands, that opened in January; and planned embassies in Port Vila, Vanuatu, and in Tarawa, Kiribati.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
The United States "officially opened the U.S. Embassy in Nuku'alofa on May 9, 2023," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2023
"We can all help each other in the next few weeks," said Drew Havea, Chair of the Civil Society Forum of Tonga, from the capital Nuku'alofa.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2022
Two people who contracted it worked at a port in the capital, Nuku’alofa.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2022
Cases were found in the capital city Nuku'alofa - two fresh ones were at the port where aid has been arriving, following the recent volcanic eruption and tsunami; three others were in one family.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2022
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