Lagos

[lah-gohs, ley-gos]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.

Lagos

/ ˈleɪɡɒs /

noun

1. the former capital and chief port of Nigeria, on the Bight of Benin: first settled in the sixteenth century; a slave market until the nineteenth century; ceded to Britain (1861); university (1962). Pop: 11 135 000 (2005 est)

2. a state of SW Nigeria. Capital: Ikeja. Pop: 9 013 534 (2006). Area: 3345 sq km (1292 sq miles)

Lagos

1. Capital of Nigeria and largest city in the country, located in the southwest corner of Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean; Nigeria's economic center and chief port.

Example Sentences

Nonetheless, her passion for the show is still apparent when she talks to the BBC from Lagos - a month after the finale.

From BBC

Officials also told Jack Dawson of the Eagles and City Section commissioner Vicky Lagos they would revamp the whole course.

From Los Angeles Times

Badenoch, who previously lived in Lagos, spoke at length about her upbringing on the podcast.

From BBC

There were so many questions that City Section commissioner Vicky Lagos had to halt them or the meeting would have lasted hours.

From Los Angeles Times

"All my university friends are secular, and if I told them about what I'd seen in Lagos, they'd think I was lying or mad!"

From BBC