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US
/ˈɫeɪɡɔs/
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NOUN
- chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria
How To Use Lagos In A Sentence
- LAGOS - THE Lagos Police Command has expressed concern over what it described as "alarming rate of death arising from motor accidents in Lagos metropolis" in the wake of auto crashes which claimed five lives which were attributed to the drivers 'recklessness. Vanguard
- Some workers have done this: Charles-Dominique (1977) likened the skin membranes of galagos to incipient patagia, and Feduccia (1993) used the term patagium in connection with sifakas. Archive 2006-09-01
- The Yoruba are the main ethnic group in the states of Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo, which are subdivisions of Nigeria; they also constitute a sizable proportion of Kwara and Kogi states as well as of the Benin. Gender Sensitivity Among Nigerian Ethnic Group « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News
- For the diehard balletomane, real-time broadcasts start at 10 a.m. in New York; one brave West Coast outlet, Phoenix Big Cinemas Dos Lagos Stadium 15 in Corona, outside San Diego schedules a show in real time, at 7 a.m.. Debra Levine: David Hallberg, Matinee Idol, in Bolshoi Ballet "Sleeping Beauty" Simulcast This Weekend
- The moles were built to protect Lagos' valuable harbor from the fierce action of the waves and to prevent sand from entering the deeply dredged harbor on the ocean surge.
- Satellite photos illustrate the same reality: the entire stretch of coast from Abidjan eastward to Lagos in Nigeria is one burgeoning megalopolis.
- The corvinas more usually seen in the fish market in Aljezur weighed about 7-15 kg, but these were caught by the fishing boats based in Lagos.
- The Parque Nacional Lagunas de Montebello, also known as Lagos de Montebello, is one of these beauties. Off the beaten path: Lagos de Montebello. Chiapas
- In contrast, the nine-hole Rancho del Pueblo course, which opened in 2000, and 18-hole Los Lagos course, which opened in 2002, have sunk into the red. Public Courses Get Mired in Golfing Slump
- The naval aviation managed to sink 19 ships and vessels, including the Pelagos, a tanker whose tonnage exceeded 12,000 grt, which made it the biggest ship sunk in the Polar Regions.