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• lido
  lido

  noun

  a fashionable beach resort.
• Lido
  Lido

  noun

  a chain of sandy islands in northeastern Italy, between the Lagoon of Venice and the Adriatic: a beach resort.

lido

¹ American  

[lee-doh] / ˈli doʊ /

noun

British.

plural

lidos

1. a fashionable beach resort.

2. a public open-air swimming pool.

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Lido ² American  

[lee-doh, lee-daw] / ˈli doʊ, ˈli dɔ /

noun

1. a chain of sandy islands in northeastern Italy, between the Lagoon of Venice and the Adriatic: a beach resort.

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lido British  

/ ˈliːdəʊ /

noun

1. a public place of recreation, including a pool for swimming or water sports

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Etymology

Origin of lido¹

First recorded in 1925–30; after the Lido

Origin of Lido²

First recorded in 1670–80; from Italian lido “shore, beach, strand,” from Latin lītus; see origin at littoral ( def. )

Example Sentences

In 2015, he transformed the dilapidated Tropicana lido in Weston-super-Mare, which he had visited as a child, into the subversive tourist attraction Dismaland.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Jen McKenna came to the lido from Baildon with two friends.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

Sticking to his roots, in 2015, his Dismaland exhibition took over a derelict seafront lido in Weston-super-Mare.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

The UK's oldest lido remains closed after flooding caused "significant damage".

From BBC • May 28, 2024

As the Pantomime and Music-hall poet sang, "Tooral looral lido, whacky smacky smack!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir