Togo
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3.6
- proper noun
- /ˈtoʊɡoʊ/
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Togo
- Even military regimes in Zaire and Togo have felt the need to redefine priorities in order to stay in power.
- Togo, Benin
- Togo, Ghana
- Togo, Nigeria
Examples
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Along coastal Benin and Togo, Mami Wata is much more than a single spirit: she is an entire pantheon.
Academic text (1999) -
Closing and opening of the Ghana-Togo border became routine as they traded charges and countercharges of destabilization.
Academic text (1990) -
Mr. President... -...these are a gift from the King of Togo.
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On 7 May 1990, he toured Nigeria and Togo in an effort to obtain political and military aid for his regime.
Academic text (1996) -
The older and younger John Kennedy turn up on late 1990s stamps of Togo and Niger.
Academic text (2004) -
Two "pre-structural adjustment" programs from the late 1970s, applied in the Malagasy Republic and Togo, were perceived as sustainable models.
Academic text (1998) -
African Art from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria.
Academic text (2005) -
Other important exporters of phosphate are Togo, Israel, Algeria, Tunisia, and Senegal.
Academic text (2000) -
Demands for multiparty elections have mounted in such countries as Cameroon, Togo, Burkina Faso, and Congo.
Academic text (1992) -
The capital city of Togo is Lomé, which is located by the Gulf of Guinea.
Synonyms
A country in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Togo takes its name from the coastal town Togoville, and in the local Ewe language the element to means 'lake' or 'water'. So the country's name reminds us of its lakes and the sea.