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Lagos · Alexandria

Place · 1472 CE

Lagos

Also known as

A̱ko
Birnin legas
Ibadan Lagos Kano
Lacupolis
Lagos (kapital sa distrito)
Lagos City

Image illustrating Lagos — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Lagossee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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