Togo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "togo"

English

Togo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊɡoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɡəʊ

Etymology 1

From Togoville, from Ewe to (“to pound”) + go (“shore”).

Proper noun

Togo

2. A country in West Africa. Official name: Togolese Republic.

   Hypernym: Subsahara

   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 194:

     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’.

3. A surname.

Derived terms

• Togo killifish
• Togolese (relating to the country)

Translations

Togolese Republic

• Adja: please add this translation if you can
• Afrikaans: Togo
• Amharic: ቶጎ (togo)
• Arabic: تُوغُو f (tōḡō), تُوجُو f (tōgō)
• Armenian: Տոգո (Togo)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܘܿܓ݂ܘܿ f (tōḡō)
• Azerbaijani: Toqo (az)
• Belarusian: То́га f (Tóha)
• Bengali: টোগো (bn) (ṭōgō)
• Breton: Togo ?
• Bulgarian: То́го m (Tógo)
• Burmese: တိုဂို (tuigui)
• Catalan: Togo (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多哥 (zh) (Duōgē)

• Czech: Togo (cs) n
• Dagbani: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: Togo (da) ?
• Dutch: Togo (nl) n
• Esperanto: Togolo, Togolando (eo)
• Ewe: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: Togo (fi)
• French: Togo (fr) m
• Gen: please add this translation if you can
• Georgian: ტოგო (ṭogo)
• German: Togo (de) n
• Greek: Τόγκο (el) n (Tógko)
• Hausa: Togo
• Hindi: टोगो (hi) ? (ṭogo)
• Interlingua: Togo
• Irish: Tóga m
• Italian: Togo (it) m
• Japanese: トーゴ (ja) (Tōgo)
• Kabiyé: please add this translation if you can
• Kalenjin: Togo
• Kamba: Togo
• Kazakh: Того (kk) (Togo)
• Khmer: តូហ្គោ (km) (tougoo)
• Kikuyu: Togo
• Korean: 토고 (ko) (Togo), 또고 (ko) (Ttogo) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Того (ky) (Togo)
• Lao: ໂຕໂກ (tō kō)
• Latvian: Togo (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Togas (lt) m
• Luhya: Togo
• Luo: Togo
• Macedonian: Того n (Togo)
• Maori: Toko
• Marathi: टोगो m (ṭogo)
• Mongolian: Того (mn) (Togo)
• Navajo: Tʼóogo
• Norman: Togo m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Togo (no)

  Nynorsk: Togo (nn)

• Persian: توگو (togo)
• Polish: Togo (pl)
• Portuguese: Togo (pt)
• Romanian: Togo (ro) n
• Russian: То́го (ru) f (Tógo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: То̑го m

  Roman: Tȏgo (sh) m

• Slovak: Togo n
• Slovene: Togo (sl) m
• Spanish: Togo (es) ?
• Swahili: Togo (sw) ?
• Swedish: Togo (sv) ?
• Tagalog: Togo (tl)
• Tajik: Того (Togo)
• Thai: โตโก (th) (dtoo-goo)
• Turkish: Togo (tr)
• Ukrainian: То́го (uk) f (Tóho)
• Uzbek: Togo (uz)
• Vietnamese: Tô-gô
• Yoruba: Tógò

See also

• Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Etymology 2

After Japanese admiral Tōgō Heihachirō.

Proper noun

Togo

1. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Anagrams

• GOTO, Goto, go to, go-to, goot, goto

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa; official name: Togolese Republiek; capital: Lomé)

Derived terms

• Togoër
• Togolees
• Togos

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈto.ɣu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈto.ɣo]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Togo m

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• togolès

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoɡo]

Proper noun

Togo n (relational adjective tožský, demonym Tožan)

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Togo (sg-only velar neuter)

	singular
nominative	Togo
genitive	Toga
dative	Togu
accusative	Togo
vocative	Togo
locative	Togu
instrumental	Togem

Further reading

• “Togo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Togo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Finnish

Etymology

From German Togo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɡo/, [ˈt̪o̞ɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -oɡo
• Syllabification^(key): To‧go
• Hyphenation^(key): To‧go

Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Togo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Togo	—
genitive		Togon	—
partitive		Togoa	—
illative		Togoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Togo	—
accusative	nom.	Togo	—
	gen.	Togon
genitive		Togon	—
partitive		Togoa	—
inessive		Togossa	—
elative		Togosta	—
illative		Togoon	—
adessive		Togolla	—
ablative		Togolta	—
allative		Togolle	—
essive		Togona	—
translative		Togoksi	—
abessive		Togotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Togo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Togoni — accusative nom. Togoni — gen. Togoni genitive Togoni — partitive Togoani — inessive Togossani — elative Togostani — illative Togooni — adessive Togollani — ablative Togoltani — allative Togolleni — essive Togonani — translative Togokseni — abessive Togottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Togosi — accusative nom. Togosi — gen. Togosi genitive Togosi — partitive Togoasi — inessive Togossasi — elative Togostasi — illative Togoosi — adessive Togollasi — ablative Togoltasi — allative Togollesi — essive Togonasi — translative Togoksesi — abessive Togottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Togomme — accusative nom. Togomme — gen. Togomme genitive Togomme — partitive Togoamme — inessive Togossamme — elative Togostamme — illative Togoomme — adessive Togollamme — ablative Togoltamme — allative Togollemme — essive Togonamme — translative Togoksemme — abessive Togottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Togonne — accusative nom. Togonne — gen. Togonne genitive Togonne — partitive Togoanne — inessive Togossanne — elative Togostanne — illative Togoonne — adessive Togollanne — ablative Togoltanne — allative Togollenne — essive Togonanne — translative Togoksenne — abessive Togottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Togonsa — accusative nom. Togonsa — gen. Togonsa genitive Togonsa — partitive Togoaan Togoansa — inessive Togossaan Togossansa — elative Togostaan Togostansa — illative Togoonsa — adessive Togollaan Togollansa — ablative Togoltaan Togoltansa — allative Togolleen Togollensa — essive Togonaan Togonansa — translative Togokseen Togoksensa — abessive Togottaan Togottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• togolainen

compounds

• Togomaa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to.ɡo/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Togo m

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• togolais

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːɡo/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Togo n (proper noun, genitive Togos or (optionally with an article) Togo)

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• Togoer
• togoisch
• Togolese
• togolesisch

See also

countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

• Ägypten
• Algerien
• Angola
• Äquatorialguinea
• Äthiopien
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Demokratische Republik Kongo
• Dschibuti
• Elfenbeinküste
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabun
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenia
• Komoren
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republik Kongo
• Ruanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Seychellen
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Südafrika
• Sudan
• Südsudan
• São Tomé und Príncipe
• Tansania
• Togo
• Tschad
• Tunesien
• Uganda
• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtoɡoː]
• Hyphenation: To‧go
• Rhymes: -ɡoː

Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa; official name: Togói Köztársaság)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Togo	—
accusative	Togót	—
dative	Togónak	—
instrumental	Togóval	—
causal-final	Togóért	—
translative	Togóvá	—
terminative	Togóig	—
essive-formal	Togoként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Togóban	—
superessive	Togón	—
adessive	Togónál	—
illative	Togóba	—
sublative	Togóra	—
allative	Togóhoz	—
elative	Togóból	—
delative	Togóról	—
ablative	Togótól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Togóé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Togóéi	—

Possessive forms of Togo

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Togóm	—
2nd person sing.	Togód	—
3rd person sing.	Togója	—
1st person plural	Togónk	—
2nd person plural	Togótok	—
3rd person plural	Togójuk	—

Derived terms

• togói

See also

countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

• Algéria
• Angola
• Benin
• Bissau-Guinea
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Comore-szigetek
• Csád
• Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
• Dél-Szudán
• Dzsibuti
• Egyenlítői-Guinea
• Egyiptom
• Elefántcsontpart
• Eritrea
• Etiópia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghána
• Guinea
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
• Kongói Köztársaság
• Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
• Lesotho
• Libéria
• Líbia
• Madagaszkár
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokkó
• Mauritánia
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namíbia
• Niger
• Nigéria
• Ruanda
• Seychelle-szigetek
• Sierra Leone
• São Tomé és Príncipe
• Szenegál
• Szomália
• Szudán
• Szváziföld
• Tanzánia
• Togo
• Tunézia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• Zöld-foki Köztársaság

Interlingua

Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Italian

Proper noun

Togo m

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• togolese

Anagrams

• goto

Latin

Proper noun

Togō

1. dative/ablative of Togum

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• togoleser
• togolesisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• togolesar
• togolesisk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ɡɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡɔ
• Syllabification: To‧go

Proper noun

Togo n (indeclinable, related adjective togijski)

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

nouns

• Togijczyk
• Togijka

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• Algieria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Czad
• Demokratyczna Republika Konga
• Dżibuti
• Egipt
• Erytrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gwinea
• Gwinea Bissau
• Gwinea Równikowa
• Kamerun
• Kenia
• Komory
• Kongo
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauretania
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Południowa Afryka
• Republika Środkowoafrykańska
• Republika Zielonego Przylądka
• Rwanda
• Sahara Zachodnia
• Senegal
• Seszele
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Południowy
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunezja
• Uganda
• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Togo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ɡu/ [ˈto.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -oɡu
• Hyphenation: To‧go

Proper noun

Togo m

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• togolês

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Tȏgo m (Cyrillic spelling То̑го)

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

la bandera de Togo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɡo/ [ˈt̪o.ɣ̞o]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɡo
• Syllabification: To‧go

Proper noun

Togo ?

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• togolés

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Kusini
• Algeria ~ Aljeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Chad ~ Chadi
• Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
• Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
• Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
• Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
• Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
• Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
• Jibuti ~ Djibouti
• Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
• Kenya
• Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaska, Bukini
• Malawi, Unyasa
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mayotte
• Misri, Umisri
• Morisi
• Moroko ~ Maroko
• Msumbiji, Mozambik
• Mtakatifu Helena
• Namibia
• Niger ~ Nijeri
• Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
• Rwanda ~ Ruanda
• Réunion
• Sahara ya Magharibi
• Sao Tome na Principe
• Senegal ~ Senegali
• Shelisheli
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Kusini
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Uswazi, Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Togo ? (genitive Togos)

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• togoles
• togolesisk
• togolesiska

References

• Togo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Togo (“Togo”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɡo/ [ˈt̪oː.ɣo]
• Rhymes: -oɡo
• Syllabification: To‧go

Proper noun

Togo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜄᜓ)

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Anagrams

• goto

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Togo

	singular
nominative	Togo
accusative	Togo'yu
dative	Togo'ya
locative	Togo'da
ablative	Togo'dan
genitive	Togo'nun

Possessive forms of Togo

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Togo'm	Togolarım Togo'larım
senin (your)	Togo'n	Togoların Togo'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Togo'su	Togoları Togo'ları
bizim (our)	Togo'muz	Togolarımız Togo'larımız
sizin (your)	Togo'nuz	Togolarınız Togo'larınız
onların (their)	Togo'su Togoları Togo'ları	Togoları Togo'ları

See also

countries in Africa: Afrika ülkesi (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Batı Sahra
• Benin
• Botsvana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cezayir
• Cibuti
• Çad
• Ekvator Ginesi
• Eritre
• Esvatini
• Etiyopiya
• Fas
• Fildişi Sahili
• Gabon
• Gambiya
• Gana
• Gine
• Gine-Bissau
• Güney Afrika
• Güney Sudan
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Komorlar
• Kongo Cumhuriyeti
• Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti
• Lesotho
• Liberya
• Libya
• Madagaskar
• Malavi
• Mali
• Mauritius
• Mısır
• Moritanya
• Mozambik
• Namibya
• Nijer
• Nijeria
• Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti
• Ruanda
• Senegal
• Seyşeller
• Sierra Leone
• Somali
• Sudan
• São Tomé ve Príncipe
• Tanzanya
• Togo
• Tunus
• Uganda
• Yeşil Burun
• Zambiya
• Zimbabve

Uzbek

Other scripts

Yangi Imlo	توگو
Cyrillic	Того‍
Latin	Togo‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Proper noun

Togo

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

Welsh

Proper noun

Togo f

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Bwrcina Ffaso
• Bwrwndi
• Cabo Verde
• Camerŵn
• Cenia
• De Affrica
• De Swdan
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gini
• Gini Bisaw
• Gini Gyhydeddol
• Gorllewin Sahara
• Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
• Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
• Gweriniaeth y Congo
• Jibwti
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagasgar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mawrisiws
• Mawritania
• Moroco
• Mosambic
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Swdan
• São Tomé a Príncipe
• Tansania
• Tiwnisia
• Togo
• Tsiad
• Wganda
• y Comoros
• y Seychelles
• y Traeth Ifori
• yr Aifft

References

• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

Yoruba

Tógò

Etymology

Borrowed from English Togo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tó.ɡò/

Proper noun

Tógò

1. Togo (a country in West Africa)