the chief city of Nigeria, a port on the Gulf of Guinea; pop. 7,439,300 (est. 2007). Originally a centre of the slave trade, it became capital of the newly independent Nigeria in 1960. It was replaced as capital by Abuja in 1991.
拉各斯(尼日利亚主要城市,几内亚湾港口;2007年估计人口7,439,300; 原为奴隶贸易中心,1960年独立后为尼日利亚首都,1991年被新首都阿布贾取代)。