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 noun

Example Sentences

It happened in Koumea, Togoland, where the voter's garb and his vote were in a sense symbols of the powerful drive toward independence in Africa.

From Time Magazine Archive

A former German protectorate, Togoland has, since 1922, been run by the French, first under a League of Nations mandate and then under a U.N. trusteeship.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Togoland, Somalia and the vast land of Nigeria, Britain's biggest colonial possession�will be free by 1960.

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