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Lomé

American  
[law-mey] / 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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Instead, Lomé presents the move as a natural diversification of relationships.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2025

“You can’t think of anything at that moment,” the dancer Anique Ayiboe said in a video interview in French from Lomé, Togo, where she lives.

From New York Times Nov. 25, 2023

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

When the British advance guard reached Lomé, it found the town deserted, and the Germans retiring northwards along the railway line.

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 Parrott, James Edward

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