Lagos.
Lagos (a city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal)
Meaning & usage
Lagos (a city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal)
Where this word comes from
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. ▲ 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”).
Lagos (the largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State)
Lagos (a state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone; capital: Ikeja)
Where this word comes from
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.
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