lagoon

la-goon′

(lȧ-goōn′)

,

Noun.

[It. or Sp.

laguna

, L.

lacuna

ditch, pool, pond,

lacus

lake. See

Lake

, and cf.

Lacuna

.]

[Written also

lagune

.]

1.

A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows;

as, the

lagoons

of Venice

.

2.

A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See

Atoll

.

Lagoon island

,

a coral island consisting of a narrow reef encircling a lagoon.

Lagoon

LAGOON'

,

lagoon

English

The Venetian Lagoon.

Noun

lagoon ‎(plural lagoons)

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

Translations

shallow body of water

Afrikaans: strandmeer
Asturian: llaguna f
Aymara: isk'aqota
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潟湖 (zh) ‎(xìhú), (considered non-standard or misspelling) 瀉湖 (zh), 泻湖 (zh) ‎(xièhú), 環礁湖, 环礁湖 ‎(huánjiāohú)
Classical Nahuatl: ilhuicaāmāitl
Czech: laguna (cs) f
Danish: lagune (da) c, strandsø (da) c
Dutch: lagune (nl) f
Esperanto: laguno
Finnish: laguuni (fi)
French: lagon (fr) m, lagune (fr) f
German: Lagune (de) f
Greek: λιμνοθάλασσα (el) f ‎(limnothálassa)
Hindi: झील (hi) ‎(jhīl)
Hungarian: lagúna (hu)
Ido: laguno (io)
Italian: laguna (it) f

Japanese: ラグーン ‎(ragūn), 潟 (ja) ‎(かた, kata), 潟湖 ‎(せきこ, sekiko)
Korean: 석호 (ko) ‎(seokho) (潟湖 (ko)), 라군 ‎(ragun)
Malay: lagun
Manx: mooirlagh
Maori: muriwai
Northern Sotho: letshanatswai
Norwegian:

Bokmål: lagune m, strandsjø m

Nynorsk: lagune m, f, strandsjø m
Persian: مرداب (fa) ‎(mordâb), تالاب (fa) ‎(tâlâb), لگون ‎(lagun), خفتاب ‎(xaftâb), کولاب (fa) ‎(kulâb), ایستاب (fa) ‎(istâb)
Polish: laguna (pl) f
Portuguese: laguna f, albufeira f
Russian: лагу́на (ru) f ‎(lagúna)
Spanish: laguna (es) f, estero (es), albufera f
Swedish: lagun (sv) c, strandsjö c
Tagalog: bai (tl), lanaw
Vietnamese: phá (vi)
Zazaki: gampêl

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lagoon

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Lagoon

LAGOON'

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