Nigerian city
The crossword clue "Nigerian city" is answered by LAGOS, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAGOS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAGOS answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- IFE (3 uses in xd)
- IBADAN (2 uses in xd)
- KANO (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LAGOS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAGOS, most used first.
- Nigeria's largest city - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Capital of Nigeria. - used 13 times, most recently in 1998
- Former capital of Nigeria - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Nigerian capital - used 13 times, most recently in 2006
- Nigerian metropolis - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Former Nigerian capital - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Nigeria's capital - used 10 times, most recently in 1998
- Nigerian port - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Nigerian seaport - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Port of Nigeria - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Nigeria's former capital - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Largest city in Nigeria - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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