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In English Adjuntas: La ciudad del gigante dormido: City of the Sleeping Giant Adjuntas: La Suiza de Puerto Rico: The Switzerland of Puerto Rico Adjuntas: La tierra de lagos: The Land of Lakes Aguada: Villa de San Francisco de Asís: Villa of Saint Francis of Asis Aguada: La villa de Sotomayor: The Village of Sotomayor Aguada: El pueblo playero ...
Lagos (/ ˈ l eɪ ɡ ɒ s / LAY-goss; [10] [11] also US: / ˈ l ɑː ɡ oʊ s / LAH-gohss; [11] [12] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwest Nigeria.With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent.
Lagos means "lakes" in Portuguese, the language of the first Europeans to arrive at the land already inhabited by the Awori who are a sub-ethnic group of the Yoruba people. The area which was under the administration of the Benin Kingdom was initially known as "Eko". [3] [4] The Portuguese would refer to it as "Onim" and later "Lagos". [4]
1859- The CMS Grammar School in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos in Lagos State, is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society; 1860 - Catholic church established. [4] 1861 - Lagos annexed by the British. [2] [5] 1862 - Lagos becomes a British colony. 1866 - Population: 25,083.
Lagos is an ancient maritime town with more than 2000 years of history. The name Lagos comes from a Celtic settlement, derived from the Latin Lacobriga, the name of the settlement was established during the pre-Punic civilizations.
English-language menu featuring mock Spanish. Mock Spanish is a loaded term used to describe a variety of Spanish-inspired phrases used by speakers of English.The term "mock Spanish" has been popularized by anthropologist-linguist Jane H. Hill of the University of Arizona, most recognizably in relation to the catchphrase, "Hasta la vista, baby", from the film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. [1]
Moreno was born in Hacienda de La Daga, a community in the Mexican city of Villa de Santa María de los Lagos (later renamed Lagos de Moreno in his honor), the son of Manuel Moreno de Ortega y Verdín de Villavicencio and María del Rosario González de Hermosillo y Márquez.
He participated in the telenovela En Nombre Del Amor playing the role of 'Aaron Eugene Cortázar' in 2008, and a year later had some appearances on the hit telenovela Hasta Que El Dinero Nos Separe alongside Pedro Fernández and Itatí Cantoral. In 2011 Emilio Larrosa invited him to join the cast of "Dos Hogares" in the role of Óscar Lagos.