Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

Lomé

[law-mey]
See more synonyms for Lomé on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
Show More

Togo2

[toh-goh]
noun
  1. Republic of, an independent country in W Africa: formerly a French mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–60 in E Togoland. 21,830 sq. mi. (56,540 sq. km). Capital: Lomé.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for lome

Historical Examples

  • The native population of Lome, however, did not impress me favourably.

    A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland

    Meg Gehrts

  • She describes in her journal his son, the two-year old Marquis of Lome, and calls him "such a merry, independent little child."

  • It had been re-transmitted by telephone from Lome to Mangu, whence it had been dispatched by relays of runners to our camp.

  • Could we use a doll; and if so, could a sufficiently large and lifelike doll be had in Lome?

  • The Governor's palace, by the way, is quite the finest building in Lome, as indeed is only right.

British Dictionary definitions for lome

Lomé

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

Togo1

noun
  1. a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: became French Togoland (a League of Nations mandate) after the division of German Togoland in 1922; independent since 1960. Official language: French. Religion: animist majority. Currency: franc. Capital: Lomé. Pop: 7 154 237 (2013 est). Area: 56 700 sq km (20 900 sq miles)
Show More

Togo2

noun
  1. Marquis Heihachiro (ˌheɪhɑːˈtʃiːrəʊ). 1847–1934, Japanese admiral, who commanded the Japanese fleet in the war with Russia (1904–05)
Show More
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