lagos

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von lagos im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: Lagos

Türkisch - Türkisch

Definition von lagos im Türkisch Türkisch wörterbuch: Kaya hanisi; bakınız lahos

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von lagos im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Port and former capital of Nigeria; {i} largest city and former capital of Nigeria; state in south-west Nigeria; town in Portugal; family name; Ricardo Lagos (born 1938), socialist politician and lawyer, president of Chile from 2000 to 2006; the largest city and port in Nigeria and the former capital of the country. City (pop., 1999: urban agglomeration, 12,763,000) and chief port, Nigeria. It is Nigeria's largest city, built on four main islands Lagos, Iddo, Ikoyi, and Victoria that are connected to each other and to the mainland by bridges. Its population is centered on Lagos Island, on the Bight of Benin. Part of the kingdom of Benin in the 16th century, it was inhabited largely by the Yoruba. Beginning in 1808, as Britain attempted to end the slave trade, Lagos came into increasingly greater contact with the British. It was ceded to Britain in 1861, became a crown colony, and was governed from Sierra Leone (1866-74) and as part of the Gold Coast colony (1874-86). Joined with the protectorate of Southern Nigeria in 1906, it was made the capital of the colony of Nigeria in 1914. It was the capital (1960-91) of independent Nigeria until Abuja became the new capital. It is a major trade and industrial centre; chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria
Ricardo Froilan Lagos Escobar: {i} Ricardo Lagos (born 1938), socialist politician and lawyer, president of Chile from 2000 to 2006
Ricardo Lagos: {i} Ricardo Froilan Lagos Escobar (born 1938), socialist politician and lawyer, president of Chile from 2000 to 2006