Definitions

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  • noun the basic unit of money in Tonga

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Tongan pa‘anga, the vine Entada scandens producing large flat seeds used as ornaments (later applied to coins because the first European coins seen by the Tongans reminded them of these seeds).]

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Examples

  • Tonga pa'anga per US dollar - 1.96 (2005), 1.9716 (2004), 2.142

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Exchange rates: pa'anga per US dollar - 1.96 (2005), 1.9716 (2004), 2.142 (2003),

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Exchange rates: pa'anga (T$) per US$1 - 1.2753 (December 1995),

    The 1996 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Tonga pa'anga per US dollar - 1.9716 (2004), 2.142 (2003), 2.1952

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Tonga: pa'anga per US dollar - 1.9885 (January 2001), 1.7585 (2000),

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Exchange rates: pa'anga (T$) per US$1 - 1.2653 (January 1995), 1.3202

    The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Exchange rates: pa'anga per US dollar - NA (2003), 2.1952 (2002), 2.1236 (2001),

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Tonga pa'anga per US dollar - NA (2003), 2.1952 (2002), 2.1236

    The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Exchange rates: pa'anga (T$) per US$1 -- 1.6171 (December 1998),

    The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Exchange rates: pa'anga per US dollar - 1.9885 (January 2001),

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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