Lagos

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Nigeria, UK/ˈleɪɡɒs/

proper noun

The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.

OriginPortuguese Lagos →
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Meanings

Lagos1

proper noun
  1. The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.

    ‘Lagos is just a noise-making place with too much light and glass.’

    2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 120
    1 more example

    “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.

    2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021
  2. A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital: Ikeja. Largest city: Lagos City.

Lagos2

proper noun
  1. A city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal.

Origin

Lagos · proper noun

  1. PortugueseLagos
  2. PortugueseLagos
  3. EnglishLagos

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos, either from lagos (literally “lakes”) or after the Portuguese city. Piecewise doublet of Lakes.

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Lagos · proper noun

  1. PortugueseLagos
  2. PortugueseLagos
  3. EnglishLagos

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos, from Old Galician-Portuguese Lagos, clipping of Latin Lacobriga, influenced by lagos (“lakes”).

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Translations

Bulgarian Ла́гос
  • Ла́гос (Lágos)former capital of Nigeria
Chinese Mandarin 拉各斯, 拉哥斯
  • 拉各斯 (Lāgèsī)former capital of Nigeria
  • 拉哥斯 (Lāgēsī)former capital of Nigeria
Czech Lagos
  • Lagosformer capital of Nigeria
Finnish Lagos
  • Lagosformer capital of Nigeria
French Lagos
  • Lagosformer capital of Nigeria
Hindi लागोस
  • लागोस (lāgos)former capital of Nigeria
Italian Lagos
  • Lagosformer capital of Nigeria
Japanese ラゴス
  • ラゴス (Ragosu)former capital of Nigeria
Korean 라고스
  • 라고스 (Ragoseu)former capital of Nigeria
Portuguese Lagos, Lagos
  • Lagosformer capital of Nigeria
  • Lagoscity and municipality of Faro district, Portugal
Russian Ла́гос
  • Ла́гос (Lágos)former capital of Nigeria
Ukrainian Ла́гос
  • Ла́гос (Láhos)former capital of Nigeria

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Lagos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lagos

MLA

“Lagos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lagos. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lagos,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lagos.

Source: Lagos on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.