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Togo

proper noun

  1. African country
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊɡoʊ/ / /ˈtəʊɡəʊ/

name

Etymology: After Japanese admiral Tōgō Heihachirō.

  1. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

verb

Etymology: 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.

  1. To go different ways; go asunder; diverge; split; part; differ.
  2. To scatter.