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Definition of Lagos

1. Noun. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria.

Definition of Lagos

1. Proper noun. Port and former capital of Nigeria ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lagos

Literary usage of Lagos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1897)
"The Colony of Lagos. THE COLONY OF Lagos. IT gives me great 'pleasure to be afforded ... The subject of the Paper to-night is " The Colony of Lagos," and ..."

2. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1894)
"CHAPTER X. Lagos. Lagos is the youngest of the four British Crown Colonies CHAPTER upon the West Coast of Africa, having only been annexed ..."

3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Railway bridges connect Iddo Island both with the mainland and with Lagos Island (sec Lagos, town). This line was begun in 1896 and opened to Ibadan in 1901 ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1890)
"Notes on Yoruba and the Colony and Protectorate of Lagos, West Africa. By Sir ALFRED MOLONEY, KCMG, Governor of Lagos. GEOGRAPHERS have continued the name ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1901)
"Lagos lies between Southern Nigeria and the French colony of Dahomey. ... There is a railroad from the town of Lagos to Abeokuta, GO miles, and it is being ..."

6. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"JOURNEY FROM Lagos UP THE RIVER NIGER TO BIDA. after in vain trying to find another ... •ON August 14th, 1879, I left Lagos in one of the branch steamers ..."

7. In the Niger Country by Harold Bindloss (1898)
"Lagos AND THE NIGEB MOUTHS. IT was a sweltering morning when we anchored in the wind-swept Lagos Roads, and in spite of the claims of its rival Sierra Leone ..."

8. The Map of Africa by Treaty by Edward Hertslet, Great Britain (1894)
"Kosoko, Chief of Ep4, not to attempt to regain possession of Lagos. ... Lagos. Cession to Great Britain of Port and Island of Lagos. ..."

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