Nuku'alofa

See also: Nukualofa, Nukuʻalofa, and Nuku‘alofa

English

The Royal Palace in Nuku'alofa

Alternative forms

• Nukualofa

Etymology

From Tongan Nukuʻalofa, from nuku (“abode”) + alofa (“love”). Literally, “abode of love”.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnuku.əˈloʊfə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -əʊfə

Proper noun

Nuku'alofa

1. The capital city of Tonga, Oceania, on Tongatapu, Tonga archipelago, Polynesia, Pacific Ocean.

Translations

capital of Tonga

• Afrikaans: Nuku'alofa
• Arabic: نُوكُو أَلُوفَا f (nūkū ʔalūfā)
• Armenian: Նուկուալոֆա (Nukualofa)
• Belarusian: Нукуало́фа f (Nukualófa)
• Bulgarian: Нукуало́фа f (Nukualófa)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 努庫阿洛法／努库阿洛法 (nou⁵ fu³ aa³ lok⁶ faat³, nou⁵ fu³ aa³ lok³ faat³)

  Mandarin: 努庫阿洛法／努库阿洛法 (zh) (Nǔkù'āluòfǎ)

• Danish: Nuku'alofa n
• Dutch: Nuku'alofa n
• Georgian: ნუკუალოფა (nuḳualopa)
• Greek: Νουκουαλόφα f (Noukoualófa)
• Hawaiian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ヌクアロファ (ja) (Nukuarofa)
• Khmer: នូគូអាឡូផ្វា (km) (nuukuuʼaaloupviə)
• Korean: 누쿠알로파 (Nukuallopa)
• Macedonian: Нукуало́фа f (Nukualófa)
• Maori: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: Nukualofa f, Nucualofa f
• Russian: Нукуало́фа (ru) f (Nukualófa)
• Samoan: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: Nukualofa (es) f
• Thai: นูกูอาโลฟา
• Tongan: Nukuʻalofa
• Ukrainian: Нукуало́фа f (Nukualófa)
• Vietnamese: Nu-cu-a-lô-pha

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Tongan Nukuʻalofa (literally “abode of love”).

Proper noun

Nuku'alofa

1. Nuku'alofa (the capital city of Tonga)

Derived terms

• Nuku'alofaer

References

• “Lys buitelandse geografiese name met afleidings”, in Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls (in Afrikaans), 11th edition, Cape Town: Pharos, 2017, →ISBN, page 644