Meanings
togo1
present singular third person togoes · participle present togoing · past towent · participle past togone
- intransitiveobsoleteTo scatter.
Togo2
- 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’.
2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 194 - A surname.
Togo3
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
togo · verb
- Proto-Germanic*tōgāną“to go apart”
- Old Englishtōgān“to go apart”
- Middle Englishtogon
- Englishtogo
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.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Togo · proper noun
- Eweto“to pound”
- EnglishTogo
From Togoville, from Ewe to (“to pound”) + go (“shore”).
More words from Ewe
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Arabic تُوغُو, تُوجُو
- تُوغُو (tōḡō)Togolese Republic
- تُوجُو (tōgō)Togolese Republic
Bengali টোগো
- টোগো (ṭōgō)Togolese Republic
Bulgarian То́го
- То́го (Tógo)Togolese Republic
Catalan Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Chinese Mandarin 多哥
- 多哥 (Duōgē)Togolese Republic
Czech Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Danish Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Dutch Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Esperanto Togolo, Togolando
- TogoloTogolese Republic
- TogolandoTogolese Republic
Finnish Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
French Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
German Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Greek Τόγκο
- Τόγκο (Tógko)Togolese Republic
Hindi टोगो
- टोगो (ṭogo)Togolese Republic
Irish Tóga
- TógaTogolese Republic
Italian Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Japanese トーゴ
- トーゴ (Tōgo)Togolese Republic
Korean 토고, 또고
- 토고Togolese Republic
- 또고 (Ttogo)Togolese Republic
Latvian Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Lithuanian Togas
- TogasTogolese Republic
Māori Toko
- TokoTogolese Republic
Norwegian Bokmål Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Persian توگو
- توگو (togo)Togolese Republic
Polish Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Portuguese Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Romanian Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Russian То́го
- То́го (Tógo)Togolese Republic
Slovak Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Spanish Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Swahili Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Swedish Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Tagalog Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Thai โตโก
- โตโก (dtoo-goo)Togolese Republic
Turkish Togo
- TogoTogolese Republic
Ukrainian То́го
- То́го (Tóho)Togolese Republic
Vietnamese Tô-gô
- Tô-gôTogolese Republic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with togo
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
togo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/togo
“togo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/togo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “togo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/togo.
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