lagoa

See also: Lagoa and lagôa

Galician

Lagoa das Xarfas, Muros, Galicia

Alternative forms

• lagúa, legúa

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese lagõa, from Latin lacūna (“pit”), from Latin lacus (“lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɣoa̝/

Noun

lagoa m (plural lagoas)

1. lake, pool, pond
2. lagoon

Derived terms

• Lagoa
• Lagoela
• Lagoíña
• Lagúa
• Lagúas

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “lagoa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagoa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alagoa
• lagôa (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagõa, from Latin lacūna (“pit”), from lacus (“lake; basin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɐˈɣoɐ/

  • Audio (Portugal):

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• IPA^(key): /laˈɡoɐ/
• Homophone: Lagoa

Noun

lagoa f (plural s)

1. a small lake

Synonyms

• laguinho

Derived terms

• Alagoas
• lagoinha, lagoacho, lagoazinha (diminutives)
• lagoão (augmentative)
• Lagoa

Related terms

• lacuna
• lago

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Lagoh