laguna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laguna"

Basque

Noun

laguna

1. absolutive singular of lagun

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡuna/ [l̪aˈɡuː.n̪a]
• Hyphenation: la‧gu‧na
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

laguna (Badlit spelling ᜎᜄᜓᜈ)

1. meadow, pasture, grassland

   Synonyms: tawid, pastohan, balilihan

   Ilawig ang kabaw sa laguna.

   Pasture the carabao in the meadow.

Derived terms

• lagunahon

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaɡuna]

Noun

laguna f (diminutive lagunka)

1. lagoon

Declension

Declension of laguna (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	laguna	laguny
genitive	laguny	lagun
dative	laguně	lagunám
accusative	lagunu	laguny
vocative	laguno	laguny
locative	laguně	lagunách
instrumental	lagunou	lagunami

Further reading

• “laguna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “laguna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “laguna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Italian

Etymology

From earlier *lacuna, from Latin lacūna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡu.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: la‧gù‧na

Noun

laguna f (plural lagune)

1. lagoon

Related terms

• lago

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: лагуна (laguna)
• → French: lagune
  • → Danish: lagune
  • → Dutch: lagune
  • → English: lagoon, lagune (dated)
    • → Arabic: جون (jōn)
    • → Japanese: ラグーン (ragūn)
    • → Korean: 라군 (ragun)
    • → Mayangna: lakun
    • Tok Pisin: lagun
    • → Welsh: lagŵn
  • → Turkish: lagün
• → German: Lagune
• → Hebrew: לָגוּנָה
• → Hungarian: lagúna
• → Portuguese: laguna
• → Romanian: lagună
• → Russian: лагуна (laguna)
  • → Kazakh: лагуна (lagüwna)
  • → Kildin Sami: лагуна (laguna)

Anagrams

• langua, lugana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫaˈɡuː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [laˈɡuː.na]

Noun

lagūna f (genitive lagūnae); first declension

1. alternative form of lagoena

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lagūna	lagūnae
genitive	lagūnae	lagūnārum
dative	lagūnae	lagūnīs
accusative	lagūnam	lagūnās
ablative	lagūnā	lagūnīs
vocative	lagūna	lagūnae

References

• “lagōna” on page 1098 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “laguna” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lagunen

Noun

laguna m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lagune

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lókus

Proto-Italic *lakus

Latin lacus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin *lacūnusnom.

Latin lacūna

Italian lagunabor.

Polish laguna

Borrowed from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡu.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: la‧gu‧na
• Homophone: Laguna

Noun

laguna f (related adjective lagunowy)

1. lagoon (shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar)

Declension

Declension of laguna

	singular	plural
nominative	laguna	laguny
genitive	laguny	lagun
dative	lagunie	lagunom
accusative	lagunę	laguny
instrumental	laguną	lagunami
locative	lagunie	lagunach
vocative	laguno	laguny

Further reading

• “laguna”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “laguna”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan laguna, Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna. Cf. also Spanish laguna. Doublet of lagoa, which was inherited from Latin, and of lacuna, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɡũ.nɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡu.nɐ/ [lɐˈɣu.nɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡu.nɐ/ [lɐˈɣu.nɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɡu.nɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũnɐ, (Portugal) -unɐ
• Homophone: Laguna
• Hyphenation: la‧gu‧na

Noun

laguna f (plural lagunas)

1. lagoon (shallow body of water separated from the sea by a bar)

   Synonym: albufeira

Related terms

• lago
• lagoa
• lacuna

Further reading

• “laguna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laˈɡuna]

Noun

laguna f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lagună

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɡǔːna/
• Hyphenation: la‧gu‧na

Noun

lagúna f (Cyrillic spelling лагу́на)

1. lagoon

Declension

Declension of laguna

	singular	plural
nominative	laguna	lagune
genitive	lagune	laguna
dative	laguni	lagunama
accusative	lagunu	lagune
vocative	laguno	lagune
locative	laguni	lagunama
instrumental	lagunom	lagunama

Spanish

El lago Titicaca durante una tormenta. ― Lake Titicaca during a thunderstorm.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lókus

Proto-Italic *lakus

Latin lacus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin *lacūnusnom.

Latin lacūna

Old Spanish laguna

Spanish laguna

Inherited from Old Spanish laguna, from Latin lacūna. Cognate with English lacuna and lagoon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡuna/ [laˈɣ̞u.na]

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: la‧gu‧na

Noun

laguna f (plural lagunas)

1. lagoon
2. lake, pond, pool (smaller than lago but bigger than charca)
3. lacuna, gap, hole, void
4. shortcoming, deficiency
5. omission
6. (law) loophole

Derived terms

• aroma de laguna
• junco de laguna

Related terms

• lago

Further reading

• “laguna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025