# Togo
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoʊɡoʊ/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊɡəʊ

### Etymology 1

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

#### Proper noun

Togo
* 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’.
* A surname.

##### Derived terms

* Togo killifish
* Togolese (relating to the country)

##### Translations
#### See also

* Countries of the world
* 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
* A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

### Anagrams

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

## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* Togoër
* Togolees
* Togos

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈto.ɣu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈto.ɣo]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Togo m
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* togolès

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Togo
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Togo
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtoɡo]

### Proper noun

Togo n (relational adjective tožský, demonym Tožan)
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Declension
### 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: /ˈtoɡo/, [ˈt̪o̞ɡo̞]
* Rhymes: -oɡo
* Hyphenation: To‧go

### Proper noun

Togo
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Declension

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
* Togomaa

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /to.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Togo m
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* togolais

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoːɡo/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Togo n (proper noun, genitive Togos or (optionally with an article) Togo)
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Togoer
* togoisch
* Togolese
* togolesisch

### See also

* 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: [ˈtoɡoː]
* Hyphenation: To‧go
* Rhymes: -ɡoː

### Proper noun

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

#### Derived terms

* togói

### See also

* 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
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

## Italian
### Proper noun

Togo m
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* togolese

### Anagrams

* goto

## Latin
### Proper noun

Togō
* dative/ablative of Togum

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Togo
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* togoleser
* togolesisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Togo
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* togolesar
* togolesisk

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɔ.ɡɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɡɔ
* Syllabification: To‧go

### Proper noun

Togo n (indeclinable, related adjective togijski)
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Togijczyk
* Togijka

### See also

* 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: /ˈto.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈto.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈto.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈto.ɡu/ [ˈto.ɣu]
* Rhymes: -oɡu
* Hyphenation: To‧go

### Proper noun

Togo m
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* togolês

## Serbo-Croatian
### Proper noun

Tȏgo m (Cyrillic spelling То̑го)
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoɡo/ [ˈt̪o.ɣ̞o]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oɡo
* Syllabification: To‧go

### Proper noun

Togo ?
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* togolés

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Togo
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

### See also

* 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:(file)

### Proper noun

Togo ? (genitive Togos)
* 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: /ˈtoɡo/ [ˈt̪oː.ɣo]
* Rhymes: -oɡo
* Syllabification: To‧go

### Proper noun

Togo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜄᜓ)
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

### Anagrams

* goto

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Togo
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

#### Declension
### See also

* 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
### Proper noun

Togo
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

## Welsh
### Proper noun

Togo f
* Togo (a country in West Africa)

### See also

* 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, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Togo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tó.ɡò/

### Proper noun

Tógò
* Togo (a country in West Africa)