Tobago

American  

[tuh-bay-goh] / təˈbeɪ goʊ /

noun

1. an island in the SE West Indies, off the NE coast of Venezuela: formerly a British colony in the Federation of the West Indies; now part of the independent republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 116 sq. mi. (300 sq. km).

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Tobago British  

/ təˈbeɪɡəʊ /

noun

1. an island in the SE Caribbean, northeast of Trinidad: ceded to Britain in 1814; joined with Trinidad in 1888 as a British colony; part of the independent republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Pop: 54 084 (2000)

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Other Word Forms

• Tobagonian
  noun

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Example Sentences

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Tobago

At the war’s end, the British granted these fighters and their families land in Trinidad and Tobago as part of their freedom.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

The field is part of the Loran-Manatee offshore gas accumulation and straddles the maritime boundary between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In Pochettino’s first year in charge, for example, the U.S. played Panama twice, Jamaica twice, Trinidad and Tobago, Saudi Arabia, Haiti, Guatemala and Venezuela, losing just once.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Kyrgyzstan, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe were also elected to the Security Council, which is the only UN body that can make legally binding decisions such as imposing sanctions and authorising use of force.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

He was an Indian man that’d come all the way from Tobago, though everyone thought he’d come from Trinidad and called him Mister Trini.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender

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