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To·go

(tōgō′)

A country of western Africa on the Bight of Benin. Situated between the Dahomey and Ashanti kingdoms, the region was held by Denmark in the 1700s and became the German protectorate of Togoland in 1884. The territory forming present-day Togo was administered as French Togoland from 1922 to 1960, when it achieved independence as a republic. Lomé is the capital and the largest city.

To′go·lese (-lēz, -lēs) adj. & n.

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Togo

Togo, Shigenori 1882-1950.

Japanese politician who served as foreign minister (1941-1942 and 1945) during World War II and was convicted as a war criminal.

Togo, Count Heihachiro 1846?-1934.

Japanese admiral whose strategies established Japan's naval superiority during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).

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