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)
Lagos in American English
(ˈleɪˌgɑs; ˈleɪgəs)
seaport in Nigeria, on the Bight of Benin: former capital: pop. 12,763,000