Lagos
/ˈleɪɡɒs/
Lagos proper noun: the largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.
Proper noun (1)
Lagos
- 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
- “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
- A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital: Ikeja. Largest city: Lagos City.
Proper noun (2)
Lagos
- A city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal.
Lagos meaning in Hindi
Lagos in Hindi
- former capital of Nigeria
- लागोस lāgos
Origin of Lagos
Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos, either from lagos (literally “lakes”) or after the Portuguese city. Piecewise doublet of Lakes.
Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos, from Old Galician-Portuguese Lagos, clipping of Latin Lacobriga, influenced by lagos (“lakes”).
Phrases with Lagos
Questions about Lagos
- What does Lagos mean?
- Lagos means the largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.
- What is Lagos in Hindi?
- Lagos in Hindi is लागोस (lāgos). See Lagos meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Lagos?
- Lagos is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Lagos?
- Lagos is pronounced /ˈleɪɡɒs/ (UK).
Words near Lagos in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Lagos (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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