la·goon

(lə-go͞on′)

1. A shallow body of water, especially one separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs.

2. A shallow artificial pond used for treating or storing liquid waste material or for collecting flood waters.

[French lagune and Italian laguna, both from Latin lacūna, pool, hollow, gap, from lacus, lake.]

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lagoon

(ləˈɡuːn)

1. (Physical Geography) a body of water cut off from the open sea by coral reefs or sand bars

2. (Physical Geography) any small body of water, esp one adjoining a larger one

Also (rare): lagune

[C17: from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna pool; see lacuna]

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la•goon

(ləˈgun)

n.

1. an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.

2. an artificial pool for storage and treatment of polluted or excessively hot waste.

[1605–15; earlier laguna (singular), lagune (pl.) < Italian < Latin lacūna pit]

la•goon′al, adj.

la·goon

(lə-go͞on′)

1. A shallow body of salt water close to the sea but separated from it by a narrow strip of land, such as a barrier island, or by a coral reef.

2. A shallow pond or lake close to a larger lake or river but separated from it by a barrier such as a levee.

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lagoon

- Derived from Latin lacuna, "pool, lake" or "hole, gap."

lagoon

A shallow area of water partly or wholly cut off from the sea by a strip or strips of land.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

lagoon - a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

laguna, lagune

lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

liman - a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river

lagoon

noun pool, bay, lake, pond, shallows blue sky, blue lagoon and white breakers

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Translations

بُحَيْرَةٌبُحَيْرَه شاطئيَّه

laguna

lagune

laguuni

झील

laguna

lagúna

lón

laguna lagunare

潟湖

석호

lagūnanegili lanka

lagūna

lagúna

lagun

บึงน้ำเค็ม

deniz kulağıkıyı gölülagün

phá

泻湖环礁湖礁湖

lagoon

[ləˈguːn] N → laguna f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lagoon

[ləˈguːn] n → lagune f

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lagoon

n → Lagune f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lagoon

[ləˈguːn] n → laguna

lagoon

(ləˈguːn) noun

a shallow stretch of water separated from the sea by sandbanks, coral reefs etc.

lagoon

→ بُحَيْرَةٌ laguna lagune Lagune λιμνοθάλασσα laguna laguuni lagune laguna laguna 潟湖 석호 lagune lagune laguna lagoa лагуна lagun บึงน้ำเค็ม lagün phá 环礁湖

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On the bottom of the huge and glassy lagoon was much pearl shell, and from the deck of the schooner, across the slender ring of the atoll, the divers could be seen at work.

Across an eddy just outside the entrance, and in and through and over a boiling tide-rip, the boat fought its way to the mirrored calm of the lagoon. Young Raoul leaped out upon the white sand and shook hands with a tall native.

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Of the five stories in this volume, "The Lagoon," the last in order, is the earliest in date.

Anybody can see that between the last paragraph of "An Outcast" and the first of "The Lagoon" there has been no change of pen, figuratively speaking.

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Or we might tell how Peter saved Tiger Lily's life in the Mermaids' Lagoon, and so made her his ally.

Or suppose we tell of the birds that were Peter's friends, particularly of the Never bird that built in a tree overhanging the lagoon, and how the nest fell into the water, and still the bird sat on her eggs, and Peter gave orders that she was not to be disturbed.

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Whilst you were sleeping, Professor, the Nautilus penetrated to this lagoon by a natural canal, which opens about ten yards beneath the surface of the ocean.

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"Jack Hanley was killed at Marovo Lagoon two months ago," Young announced in his mild voice.

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The sky had still the pallor of dawn, and there was a ghostly silence on the lagoon. Ten miles away the island of Murea, like some high fastness of the Holy Grail, guarded its mystery.

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I must add that Peggy, like Jerry, was born at Meringe Lagoon, on Meringe Plantation, which is of the Island of Ysabel, said Ysabel Island lying next north of Florida Island, where is the seat of government and where dwells the Resident Commissioner, Mr.

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The song of pleasant stations beside the salt lagoons, The song of blowing squadrons that shuffled down the dunes, The song of midnight dances that churned the sea to flame-- The Beaches of Lukannon--before the sealers came!

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For the few last miles the road was intricate, and it passed through a desert waste of marshes and lagoons. The scene by the dimmed light of the moon was most desolate.

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