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lagos
/ˈleɪɡɔs/
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What does lagos mean?
proper noun
- The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.
- A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital: Ikeja. Largest city: Lagos City.
- A city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal.
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/ˈleɪɡɔs/
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We crossed the river at this point, and entered a narrow channel which penetrates the interior of the island of Tupinambarána, and leads to a chain of lakes called the Lagos de Cararaucu.
And here the colonials, lithe and hardy men; and here all the breeds of all the world-soldiers from Canada, Australia, New Zealand; from Bermuda, Borneo, Fiji, and the Gold Coast; from Rhodesia, Cape Colony, Natal, Sierra Leone and Gambia, Nigeria, and Uganda; from Ceylon, Cyprus, Hong-Kong, Jamaica, and Wei-Hai-Wei; from Lagos, Malta, St. Lucia, Singapore, Trinidad.