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Conga vs Tonga - What's the difference?

conga | tonga |

As nouns the difference between conga and tonga

is that conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin while tonga is a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

As a verb conga

is to dance the conga.

As a proper noun Tonga is

a country in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga.

conga

English

Noun

(wikipedia conga) (Conga Line) (en noun)
  • a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin
  • a march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain

    • Derived terms

    * conga line

    See also

    * bunny hop

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the conga.
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    tonga

    English

    (wikipedia Tonga)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga.

    • See also

    *

    Anagrams

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