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発音

• (Nigeria, 英国発音) IPA: /ˈleɪɡɒs/

語源 1

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

固有名詞

Lagos

1. 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, 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.

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

語源 2

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

固有名詞

Lagos

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

参考

• General Lagos

アナグラム

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