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Togo¹
- /ˈtoʊɡoʊ/ Canada, US
- /ˈtəʊɡəʊ/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊɡəʊ
Where it comes from
From Togoville, from Ewe to (“to pound”) + go (“shore”).
proper noun
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Togolese Republic. It was on the plane to Togo, six months earlier, back when Togo was still on the shortlist, before Aimee had offended that tiny nation by suggesting, in an interview, that its government did ‘nothing for their people’.
- A surname.
Togo²
- /ˈtoʊɡoʊ/ Canada, US
- /ˈtəʊɡəʊ/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊɡəʊ
Where it comes from
After Japanese admiral Tōgō Heihachirō.
proper noun
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
togo³
Where it comes from
From Middle English togon, from Old English tōgān (“to go apart”), from Proto-Germanic *tōgāną (“to go apart”), equivalent to to- + go. Cognate with German zergehen. Compare Old English tōgangan (“to go away, pass away”), Old Saxon tegangan.
verb togoes · togoing · towent · togone
- To go different ways; go asunder; diverge; split; part; differ.
- To scatter.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gabon, uganda, ghana, malawi, madagascar, congo, togolese, benin, nicaragua, nepal, haiti, mauritius, mongolia, gambia, rigid, chad
Translations
Talk about this word "togo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/togo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. togo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/togo "togo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/togo.Cite this
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title = {togo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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