the Tonga Islands

idiomPart oftonga

the Tonga Islands — idiom

1. a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean that lie to the east of the Fiji I

1.idiom
Definition

a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean that lie to the east of the Fiji Islands, forming the nation of Tonga

Example

The Tonga Islands lie roughly five hundred miles east of Fiji across open ocean.

European explorers first reached the Tonga Islands in the early seventeenth century.