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

“Economically, Nigeria depends substantially on U.S. aid and military cooperation to combat insecurity, critical for maintaining investor confidence,” said Samuel Aladegbaye, an analyst at Zedcrest Group, a financial-services company based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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The acrid smoke wafting from burning waste in her neighbourhood in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, made it hard to breathe.

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"This will make it the largest refinery" globally, surpassing India's Jamnagar Refinery, he told a news conference in Lagos.

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The tanker, carrying petroleum products from Lagos in southern Nigeria to the north, is said to have crashed due to the bad condition of the road.

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Lagos asked Porter how she would respond to residents who fear they’re being disenfranchised, especially those from rural areas.

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