Lagos

Definition: Lagos

Lagos

Noun

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

Date "Lagos" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references)

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
LASG	English	Lagos State Government	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Lagos is the largest and most chaotic city in Nigeria and, with its population of 13.4 million (2000), one of the largest in Africa (competing with Cairo). Lagos was the capital of Nigeria until 1991 when the capital was moved to Abuja.

Lagos is built on the mainland and the series of islands surrounding Lagos Lagoon. Originally a small village, known as Eko, it's position as one of the few natural harbours on the Atlantic coast made it a principal site for European contact. From the fifteenth century, sailors from Portugal established a trading post on the island, which they renamed Lagos, after a town in southern Portugal. Trade was in spices, ivory and slaves. The town was taken over by the British in 1807 in an effort to stamp out the slave trade. Lagos was incorporated into the colony of Nigeria in 1900.

On January 27, 1996 several explosions at a military dump in Lagos killed more than 1,000.

The main commercial and administrative centre of Lagos remains Lagos Island, which is connected to the mainland by three large bridges. Ikoyi and Victoria islands are closely connected to Lagos Island. The main docks are in Apapa directly opposite Lagos Island. Other districts on the mainland include Ebute-Meta, Surulere, Yaba (site of Lagos University), Mushin, and Ikeja, site of the International Airport.

Transport links within Lagos are congested, due both to the geography of the city, and its explosive population growth. A chain of salt-water lagoons runs west to Badagri and also east toward the Niger delta.

Lagos is also a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in France.

Lagos is also a town on the Algarve coast in Portugal.

Crosswords: Lagos

Non-English Usage: "Lagos" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (lakh), Spanish (lakes).

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Tierra de lagos Guadalajara (1970)

Altos lagos (1962)

Downtown Lagos (1991)

Doscientos lagos (1975)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	African development : the OAU/ECA Lagos Plan of Action and beyond (reference) Lagos : a legacy of honour, Dosumu (1861)-Babangida (1991) (reference) Lagos Plan of Action Vs. the Berg Report (reference) Memoirs of Giambattista Scala: Consul of His Italian Majesty in Lagos in Guinea (1862) (Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African hi (reference) Patrons and Power: Creating a Political Community in Metropolitan Lagos (International African Library) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	No Accommodation for Lagos / No Discrimination (reference) No Accomodation for Lagos (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Postgraduates at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital are taught cardiac auscultation with the aid of a multi-channel stethoscope. / WHO/College of Medicine, University of Lagos photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The genus Lyssavirus includes rabies virus, Lagos bat, Mokola virus, Duvenhage virus, European bat virus 1 & 2 and a newly discovered Australian bat virus. (references)
Civil Liberties	Chile	On December 13, President Lagos designated Methodist Bishop Neftali Aravena as copastor for the chapel located in the presidential palace. (references)
	Nigeria	In April police beat a photographer and destroyed the film in his camera when he attempted to photograph a suspect leaving the Lagos High Court. (references)
	Chile	On May 19, President Lagos signed a law on freedom of the press that eliminated a provision under the State Security Law of 1958 that made it a criminal offense to besmirch the honor of state institutions and their members and symbols, such as the Congress, the Supreme Court, the military services, the flag, and the President. (references)
Economic History	Nigeria	See current list on the Web Site or request from the Head Office in Lagos. (references)
	Nigeria	Principal ports are at Lagos (Apapa and Tin Can Island), Port Harcourt, and Calabar. (references)
	Chad	At the fourth conference, held in Lagos, Nigeria, in August 1979, the Lagos accord was signed. (references)
Human Rights	Nigeria	The OPC also reportedly crucified a man in the Surelere district of Lagos. (references)
	Nigeria	The ICRC is active, with offices in Abuja and Lagos under the direction of a regional delegate. (references)
	Honduras	According to national human rights groups, on June 9, 39-year-old Rigoberto Martinez Lagos disappeared. (references)
Indigenous People	Chile	In May 2000, the Commission for Truth and New Treatment appointed by the Lagos administration proposed a 16-point program aimed at addressing indigenous concerns. (references)
Political Economy	Chile	Lagos took office after defeating the center-right coalition's candidate in an extremely close second-round vote. (references)
	Chile	In January 2000, voters elected Ricardo Lagos of the Socialist Party as president in a free and fair runoff election. (references)
Political Rights	Chile	In October President Lagos appointed the first woman ever to serve as one of the 21 justices of the Supreme Court. (references)
	Chile	Lagos is a member of the center-left Concertacion Coalition, which includes his Socialist Party, the Christian Democratic Party, the Party for Democracy (of which Lagos is also a member), and the Radical Social Democrat Party. (references)
Travel	Cote D'ivoire	In terms of passenger and freight volume, the airport is the largest in the region after Lagos, Nigeria. (references)
Women	Nigeria	Prostitution is not illegal in Lagos State; however, authorities can use statutes that outlaw pandering as a justification for arresting prostitutes. (references)
Worker Rights	Nigeria	In 2000 Lagos public sector workers went on strike to protest the state government's refusal to pay a higher minimum wage. (references)
	Nigeria	Lagos state government terminated an important local union leader in Lagos, ostensibly for nonperformance, following an extended strike by state government workers. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Lagos" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lagos" is used about 112 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	112	30,646

The following table summarizes the usage of "Lagos" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Lagos	Last name	400	22,900
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Lagos , Nigeria
Location: 6.27 North, 3.28 East
Population (2000 estimate): 1627215
Time Zone: 1 GMT
Country: Nigeria

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lagos

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
lagos nigeria	608
lagos portugal	595
lagos	329
lagos hotel	66
lagos liliana	61
san juan de los lagos	58
lagos de moreno	37
lagos university	31
lagos sergio	30
los lagos	28
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Lagos

Language		Translations for "Lagos"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		拉各斯. (various references)

Esperanto		lagoso. (various references)

Korean		라� 스. (various references)

Pig Latin		agoslay.(various references)

Russian		лагос. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Lagos

Derivations
	Words ending with "Lagos": archipelagos, galagos. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Lagos" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aljos, Blagov, Dlugosz, Lados, lagus, Lasgo, Lbgas, legos, Liazos, Lugoj, Lugol, Lugossi. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Lagos

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: gaols, goals.
	Words within the letters "a-g-l-o-s"
	-1 letter: also, gals, gaol, goal, goas, lags, logs, sago, slag, slog, sola.
	-2 letters: ago, als, gal, gas, goa, gos, lag, las, log, sag, sal, sol.
	-3 letters: ag, al, as, go, la, lo, os, so.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-l-o-s"
	+1 letter: algors, argols, galops, galosh, gloams, gloats, glossa, gorals, largos, logans, sawlog, slogan.
	+2 letters: analogs, apologs, dialogs, flagons, galagos, galiots, gallons, gallops, gallous, gallows, galoots, galores, galoshe, gambols, gaolers, gasohol, gelatos, girasol, glamors, gliomas, glorias, glossae, glossal, glossas, goalies, goorals, goulash, kalongs, lagoons, lanugos, lapdogs, latigos, legatos, loggats, loggias, logjams, logways, longans, lovages, rugolas, sawlogs, slogans, soilage, subgoal.
	+3 letters: aasvogel, aerogels, aglycons, airglows, algorism, allegros, allonges, angulose, angulous, antilogs, arugolas, backlogs, bolognas, catalogs, clangors, collages, congeals, daglocks, dayglows, decalogs, dongolas, eulogias, flotages, flowages, foliages, galipots, galleons, galliots, galloons, galloots, galoshed, galoshes, garboils, gasohols, gasolene, gasolier, gasoline, girasole, girasols, glabrous, gladsome, glamours, glasnost, glaucous, gloaters, glossary, glossina, goalless, goalpost, goldarns, goliards, gomerals, gondolas, gorillas, granolas, halogens, hidalgos, isogonal, languors, lassoing, latigoes, legators, loadings, loanings, lockages, longways, lumbagos, mangolds, megalops, mesoglea, moulages, otalgias, otalgies, pergolas, plugolas, salvoing, seraglio, shoaling, shogunal, skoaling, soilages, solacing, solating, solidago, spoilage, subgoals, tangelos, tollages, voltages, vorlages, zoogleas.
	+4 letters: aasvogels, absolving, agallochs, agalwoods, aglycones, algarobas, algorisms, alongside, amylogens, analogies, analogist, analogous, analogues, anglepods, apologias, apologies, apologise, apologist, apologues, assoiling, astrology, bargellos, beglamors, blockages, bungalows, clangours, coagulase, coagulums, collagens, collagist, coxalgias, coxalgies, diagonals, dialogers, dialogist, dialogues, elongates, flagpoles, flagstone, flamingos, flexagons, floatages, floorages, galactose, gallipots, gallopers, gallowses, gallstone, galopades, ganglions, gangplows, gantlopes, gargoyles, garrulous, gasholder, gasolenes, gasoliers, gasolines, gasolinic, gatefolds, gavelocks, gelations, geraniols, gigaflops, girasoles, gladiolas, gladiolus, gladsomer, gladstone, glamorise, glamorous, glasnosts, glasswork, glasswort, glaucomas, glissando, gloamings, globalise, globalism, globalist, glossator, glossinas, gloxinias, glucagons, goalposts, golcondas, golgothas, gonfalons, goofballs, goulashes, granulose, grossular, guaiacols, helotages, holograms, hooligans, hourglass, hyalogens, intaglios, isogonals, isolating, jargonels, kaoliangs, kilogauss, kilograms, langouste, leapfrogs, legations, ligations, loathings, logicians, logograms, logomachs, lollygags, longboats, longhairs, longhands, longheads, magnolias, mangonels, marigolds, megavolts, mesogleas, mesogloea, nostalgia, nostalgic, obligates, obligatos, octangles, oligarchs, oligurias, onslaught, originals, outglares, outlaughs, pangolins, pignolias, pilotages, plainsong, playgoers, plottages, plumbagos, polygalas, prodigals, regionals, sallowing, scagliola, scalogram, scatology, schoolbag, seraglios, sigmoidal, slaloming, sloganeer, sloganize, solidagos, solvating, spoilages, sugarloaf, synagogal, tagalongs, tollgates, travelogs, vasovagal, waterlogs, zoogloeas.
	+5 letters: abolishing, aerologies, afterglows, agrologies, algarrobas, algologies, algologist, algorithms, allegories, allegorise, allegorist, alligators, allogamies, allogamous, allografts, allographs, alongshore, alpenglows, analogists, analogizes, angleworms, ankylosing, antilogies, apiologies, apologised, apologises, apologists, apologizes, areologies, astrologer, autologous, autolysing, axiologies, beglamours, bigamously, billabongs, blazonings, bricolages, caliginous, callousing, catalogers, catalogues, chalcogens, cigarillos, cladograms, clangorous, coagulants, coagulases, coagulates, coalescing, coliphages, collagists, collapsing, colleagues, collegians, colligates, cradlesong, decalogues, delegators, desolating, dialogists, dodgeballs, egoistical, escaloping, escapology, esophageal, flageolets, flagitious, flagstones, flamingoes, flavorings, floodgates, flowerages, focalising, galactoses, galactosyl, gallonages, gallopades, gallstones, gamesomely, gantelopes, gasholders, gastrolith, gazillions, gelatinous, gerfalcons, girandoles, gladiators, gladsomely, gladsomest, gladstones, glamorised, glamorises, glamorizes, glamourous, glasshouse, glassworks, glassworts, glissandos, globalised, globalises, globalisms, globalists, globalizes, glossarial, glossaries, glossarist, glossators, gluconates, glycosuria, goalmouths, goldenseal, graciously, granulomas, granuloses, granulosis, grossulars, guacamoles, gypsophila, gyrfalcons, gyroplanes, halogenous, halogetons, hologamies, holographs, horselaugh, idealogies, idealogues, insolating, isoglossal, lagomorphs, langostino, langoustes, languorous, lanuginous, larghettos, legislator, lemongrass, litigators, localising, logaoedics, logarithms, logistical, logographs, logorrheas, longleaves, megalopses, mesogloeas, miscatalog, moralising, neuroglias, nostalgias, nostalgics, nostalgist, obbligatos, oleaginous, oleographs, oligoclase, onslaughts, opalescing, organelles, organismal, osculating, outlasting, outsailing, overglazes, overslaugh, paralogism, pellagrous, plainsongs, plasmogamy, polarising, polygamies, polygamist, polygamous, polygraphs, porbeagles, prolapsing, propagules, regulators, rigmaroles, rosemaling, scagliolas, scalloping, scalograms, schoolbags, seignorial, shallowing, sialagogue, sloganeers, sloganized, sloganizes, solarising, solarizing, somatology, spoliating, sporangial, swallowing, tailorings, totalising, trialogues, valorising, vocalising, xylographs.
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