Togolese
Americanadjective
noun
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Togolese
plural
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Togolese
First recorded in 1955–60; Togo 2 + -lese, as in Congolese
Example Sentences
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While it is unclear why the journalists were arrested, some local reports have linked their detention to a Togolese investigative journalist who is living in exile in France.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
A third man - the journalists' Togolese fixer Fred Vedomey - has also been detained.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Confirming Tuesday's road accident in the centre of the coastal nation, the Togolese government gave a toll of five dead and eight wounded, without specifying the victims' nationalities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
"The bursting of the front tyre of a minibus" led to a "loss of control" of the vehicle, which then "crashed under the Yomaboua River bridge", the Togolese statement added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
Four of the group - three Nigerians and a Liberian - then checked into a hotel in Lomé, the Togolese capital, which lies just across the border from where they were abandoned.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
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