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Lagos
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lagos
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈleɪɡɒs/ Nigeria,UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lagos.wav Southern England
Etymology 1
en Nigeria :bor pt:Lagos<id:Nigeria> + 1, either from pt lago lagos lakes or after the pt Lagos Portuguese city Portugal. en Lakes.
Proper noun
en Q8673 en largest city/and/former capital c/Nigeria ;, in <<s:Suf/Lagos>>.
en 2020 w:Abi Daré The Girl With The Louding Voice Sceptre 120 ‘Lagos is just a noise-making place with too much light and glass.’
en Eoin McSweeney As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/africa/nigeria-national-identification-numbers-covid-intl/index.html 2021-02-10 “Covid has ramped up the level of work we do because hospitals are too busy,” he told CNN over the phone from his home in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city. https://web.archive.org/web/20210323171253/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/africa/nigeria-national-identification-numbers-covid-intl/index.html
en Q815913 en state c/Nigeria ;; in the <<geopolitical zone:suf/South West>> Ikeja Lagos City<id:Q8673>.
Derived terms
en Lagosian
Etymology 2
en Portugal :bor pt:Lagos<id:Portugal> :la
Proper noun
en Q732548 en city/and/municipality dist/Faro c/Portugal.
Translations
former capital of Nigeria
Bulgarian: bg Ла́гос m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 拉各斯 Lāgèsī mainland China, cmn 拉哥斯 Lāgēsī Taiwan
Czech: cs Lagos m
Edo: bin Eko
Farefare: gur Mõga
Finnish: fi Lagos
French: fr Lagos
Hausa: ha Ikko
Hindi: hi लागोस
Igbo: ig
Interlingua: ia Lagos
Italian: it Lagos f
Japanese: ja ラゴス Ragosu
Korean: ko ^라고스
Portuguese: pt Lagos
Russian: ru Ла́гос m
Ukrainian: uk Ла́гос m
Yoruba: yo Èkó
city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal
Portuguese: pt Lagos f
See also
en General Lagos
Anagrams
en aglos golas gaols Glosa goals algos Golas
French
fr:+ (homonymie)
Pronunciation
Lagoç Lagôç
Etymology 1
fr :bor grc:Λᾶγος
fr grc Λᾶγος.
Proper noun
m
fr male historical Lagus Ancient Greek
Etymology 2
fr pt Lagos lakes.
Proper noun
f
fr major city/former capital c/Nigeria
fr state c/Nigeria
fr city/and/municipality dist/Faro c/Portugal
Italian
it:
Etymology
it pt Lagos lakes.
Pronunciation
Làgos<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
f
it major city/former capital c/Nigeria
it state c/Nigeria
it city/and/municipality dist/Faro c/Portugal
References
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
roa-opt :clip la:Lacobriga :influence lago<alt:lagos><t:lakes> + 1
Pronunciation
roa-opt /ˈla.ɡos/
roa-opt aɡos 2
roa-opt lagos
Proper noun
f
roa-opt city c/Portugal
Descendants
pt Lagos Portugal
References
Lagos 1
toponimo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt Pt-pt Lagos FF.ogg Portugal
pt lagos
pt La gos
Etymology 1
pt:+ (Portugal)
pt Portugal :inh roa-opt:Lagos 1
pt roa-opt Lagos, from pt la Lacobriga (hence the demonym pt lacobrigense), under the influence of roa-opt lagos lakes.
Proper noun
f lacobrigense
pt Lagos Q732548
pt Lacóbriga<q:historical>
Descendants
en Lagos Portugal
Etymology 2
pt:+ (Nigéria),+ (estado)
pt Nigeria :der<unc> lago<t:lake> Lagos<id:Portugal> 1
Either from pt lago lagos lakes, named due to an abundance of lakes in the area (chief among them the Lagos Lagoon), or in honor of the pt Lagos hononymous Portuguese city Portugal, possibly both to an extent.
Proper noun
f lagosiano
pt Lagos Q8673
pt Lagos Q815913 Ikeja
Descendants
en Lagos Nigeria