toga

IPA: tˈoʊgʌ

noun

  • A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome.
  • A loose wrap gown.
  • (Philippines) An academic gown.
  • (dated) Alternative spelling of Tonga, used until the mid 1940s. [A country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga. Capital and largest city: Nuku'alofa.]
  • (aviation, usually attributive) Initialism of takeoff / go-around (an engine thrust setting, usually the highest). [The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.]
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Examples of "toga" in Sentences

  • The Romans probably had Toga parties.
  • Greek people wore toga as their costume.
  • The toga pulla was worn when in mourning.
  • Can someone add the plural of toga to the article
  • Toga was the first South African penguin bred at the zoo.
  • He would also wear the undecorated toga of ordinary citizens.
  • My final candidate for the toga is the inestimable Kate Hoey.
  • Of all these insignia, the most important was the purple toga.
  • The himation was markedly less voluminous than the Roman toga.
  • SCENE: Roman citizen (Dave winer) in toga in a hotel room sitting.
  • Usually, this was done when the young Roman assumed the toga virilis.
  • I checked the article the day after the toga party, and the line was there.
  • The only costume that comes easily to mind for chubbies and chubbettes is a toga, but fat guys in toga look like fat guys in a sheet.
  • Branson, who skydived into the press launch wearing nothing but a red Virgin toga, said of the launch, Virgin has a history of being the first to launch new holiday destinations.
  • This act was symbolised by the Romans in the beautiful ceremony of putting on the toga of manhood (_toga virilis_), when the lad was led by his father to the Capitoline temple to make sacrifices to
  • I adored them, both the history and Lizzie's take on them: "[The toga] went on to become a favorite costume of college fraternity parties, for reasons this author cannot fathom, as the toga is neither flattering nor comfortable, especially when worn with control top underwear."

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