Lagos

See also: lagos

English

Pronunciation

• (Nigeria, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪɡɒs/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos, either from lagos (literally “lakes”) or after the Portuguese city. Piecewise doublet of Lakes.

Proper noun

Lagos

2. 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.

4. A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital: Ikeja. Largest city: Lagos City.

Derived terms

• Lagosian

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos, from Old Galician-Portuguese Lagos, clipping of Latin Lacobriga, influenced by lagos (“lakes”).

Proper noun

Lagos

2. A city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal.

Translations

former capital of Nigeria

• Bulgarian: Ла́гос m (Lágos)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉各斯 (zh) (Lāgèsī) (mainland China), 拉哥斯 (Lāgēsī) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Lagos m
• Edo: Eko
• Farefare: Mõga
• Finnish: Lagos
• French: Lagos (fr)
• Hausa: Ikko
• Hindi: लागोस (lāgos)
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua: Lagos
• Italian: Lagos f
• Japanese: ラゴス (ja) (Ragosu)
• Korean: 라고스 (Ragoseu)
• Portuguese: Lagos (pt)
• Russian: Ла́гос (ru) m (Lágos)
• Ukrainian: Ла́гос (uk) m (Láhos)
• Yoruba: Èkó

city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal

• Portuguese: Lagos (pt) f

See also

• General Lagos

Anagrams

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ɡɔs/, /la.ɡos/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λᾶγος (Lâgos).

Proper noun

Lagos m

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”).

Proper noun

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lókus

Proto-Celtic *loku?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.

Proto-Celtic *brigā

Celticbor.

Latin Lacobrigaclip.

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Old Galician-Portuguese lagosinflu.

Old Galician-Portuguese Lagos

Clipping of Latin Lacobriga, influenced by lagos (“lakes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡos/
• Rhymes: -aɡos
• Homophone: lagos

Proper noun

Lagos f

1. a city in Portugal

Descendants

• Portuguese: Lagos
  • English: Lagos

References

• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “Lagos”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa: “1”
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “Lagos”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡuʃ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡuʃ/ [ˈla.ɣuʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡuʃ/ [ˈla.ɣuʃ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɡuʃ/

• Audio (Portugal):

  (file)

• Homophone: lagos
• Hyphenation: La‧gos

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lókus

Proto-Celtic *loku?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.

Proto-Celtic *brigā

Celticbor.

Latin Lacobrigaclip.

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Old Galician-Portuguese lagosinflu.

Old Galician-Portuguese Lagos

Portuguese Lagos

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Lagos, from Latin Lacobriga (hence the demonym lacobrigense), under the influence of lagos (“lakes”).

Proper noun

Lagos f (demonym lacobrigense)

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

   Synonym: (historical) Lacóbriga

Descendants

• English: Lagos

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lókus

Proto-Italic *lakus

Latin lacus

Old Galician-Portuguese lago

Portuguese lagoder.?

Proto-Indo-European *lókus

Proto-Celtic *loku?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.

Proto-Celtic *brigā

Celticbor.

Latin Lacobrigaclip.

▲

Old Galician-Portuguese lagosinflu.

Old Galician-Portuguese Lagos

Portuguese Lagosder.?

Portuguese Lagos

Either from lagos (literally “lakes”), named 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.

Proper noun

Lagos f (demonym lagosiano)

1. Lagos (the largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State)
2. Lagos (a state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone; capital: Ikeja)

Descendants

• English: Lagos