Lagos

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”). Piecewise doublet of Lakes.

• (Nigeria, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪɡɒs/

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Lagos

1. The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.
   • 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 120:

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

   • 2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 March 2021:

     “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.

2. A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital: Ikeja. Largest city: Lagos City.
3. A city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal.

• General Lagos

• golas, gaols, Glosa, goals, algos, Golas

• IPA^(key): /la.ɡɔs/, /la.ɡos/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λᾶγος (Lâgos).

Lagos m

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage, equivalent to English Lagus

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”).

Lagos f

1. a major city, the former capital of Nigeria
2. a state of Nigeria
3. a city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡos/^[1]
• Rhymes: -aɡos
• Hyphenation: Là‧gos

Lagos f

1. a major city, the former capital of Nigeria
2. a state of Nigeria
3. a city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal

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• Homophone: lagos
• Hyphenation: La‧gos

From Latin Lacobriga (hence the demonym lacobrigense), under the influence of lagos (“lakes”).

Lagos ?

1. Lagos (a city and municipality of the district of Faro, Portugal)

   Synonym: (historical) Lacóbriga

Literally “lakes”. Named either due to an abundance of lakes in the area (chief among them the Lagos Lagoon), or in honor of the hononymous Portuguese city, possibly both to an extent.

Lagos ?

1. Lagos (a major city, the former capital of Nigeria)

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