lagoon

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ləˈɡuːn/

Etymology

Adapted from Latin lacuna. Related to Old English lacu and lagu via Proto-Indo-European.

Cognate to laguna in many languages.

Noun

lagoon (plural lagoons)

1. A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

Translations

shallow body of water

Asturian: llaguna (ast) f. Aymara: isk'aqota (ay) Czech: laguna (cs) f. Dutch: lagune (nl) f. Esperanto: laguno (eo) Finnish: laguuni (fi) French: lagon (fr) m., lagune (fr) f. German: Lagune (de) f. Hindi: झील (hi) (jhīl)

Hungarian: lagúna (hu) Ido: laguno (io) Italian: laguna (it) f. Manx: mooirlagh (gv) Northern Sotho: letshanatswai Polish: laguna (pl) f. Russian: лагуна (ru) (lagúna) f. Spanish: laguna (es) f., estero (es) Tagalog: bai (tl)