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Lomé

American  
[law-may] / lɔˈmeɪ /

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.


Lomé British  
/ lɔme /

noun

  1. the capital and chief port of Togo, on the Bight of Benin. Pop: 865 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The pair are being held in pre-trial detention at a "law-enforcement facility" near the capital, Lomé, RSF said.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

A few months before Mr. Gnassingbé, who has close ties to Mr. Bolloré, won a second term, his government awarded a contract for the container port at Lomé, the country’s capital, to the Bolloré Group.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2018

Bolloré won a contract to operate the Lomé container terminal in 2009, a few months before Mr. Gnassingbé’s election in Togo in March 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2018

The government has already felt obliged to postpone a much heralded Israel-Africa summit that was meant to be held in Lomé in late October.

From Economist ● Sep. 13, 2017

She has spent much money on roads and railways, and in building the fine town of Lomé, one of the best in all West Africa.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott

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