Lagos
Americannoun
noun
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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)
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a state of SW Nigeria. Capital: Ikeja. Pop: 9 013 534 (2006). Area: 3345 sq km (1292 sq miles)
Example Sentences
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The emphasis—on criminal groups, transnational coordination and industry accords—could hardly have been farther, geographically or imaginatively, from the Lagos streets into which Carlos Barragán descends in “The Yahoo Boys.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
City Section Commissioner Vicky Lagos thought the permit was for Harding per usual: “I didn’t even know they switched it on us until I went to pay and they said we were playing Wilson.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The award-winning actor was in a hospital in Lagos when he passed away on Monday night, according to local media.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Lagos is already prepared to delay the City Section Cheer championships scheduled for April 18.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
He remembered that when his cousin’s father died, the family had sent word to her in Lagos, telling her to come home because her father was very sick.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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