Togoland

American  

[toh-goh-land] / ˈtoʊ goʊˌlænd /

noun

1. a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.

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Togoland British  

/ ˈtəʊɡəʊˌlænd /

noun

1. a former German protectorate in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea: divided in 1922 into the League of Nations mandates of British Togoland (west) and French Togoland (east); the former joined Ghana in 1957; the latter became independent as Togo in 1960

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Other Word Forms

• Togolander
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Example Sentences

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Togoland

Poor Togoland could all too easily end up as a Ghana province, and some of its politicians do not like the sounds of Nkrumah's roughshod rule next door.

From Time Magazine Archive

French mandates are Syria & Lebanon plus the rest of Togoland and the Cameroons.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were cheers when he said Britain was ready to put her mandates of Tanganyika, Togoland and the Cameroons under UNO trusteeship.

From Time Magazine Archive

"In my country," reported a Togoland woman, "sisters-in-law are more dangerous than mothers-in-law."

From Time Magazine Archive

In Africa, French and British troops invaded the German protectorate of Togoland, while German forces attacked the British colony of South Africa.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman