lagoon

[ luh-goon ]

/ ləˈgun /

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noun

an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.Compare laguna.

Also la·gune . any small, pondlike body of water, especially one connected with a larger body of water.

an artificial pool for storage and treatment of polluted or excessively hot sewage, industrial waste, etc.

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Origin of lagoon

1605–15; earlier laguna (singular), lagune (plural) <Italian <Latin lacūna (singular), lacūnae (plural) “ditch, pool,” akin to lacus basin, lake¹; see lacuna

OTHER WORDS FROM lagoon

la·goon·al, adjective

Words nearby lagoon

-lagnia, lagniappe, Lago de Nicaragua, lagom, lagomorph, lagoon, Lagoon Islands, Lagos, La Grande, La Grange, La Grange Park

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How to use lagoon in a sentence

It is also soon to be the Thermal of the Thermal Beach Club, which will feature an artificial 20-acre surf lagoon with custom waves, created by PerfectSwell wave technology.
Postcard From Thermal: Surviving the Climate Gap in Eastern Coachella Valley|by Elizabeth Weil and Mauricio Rodríguez Pons|August 17, 2021|ProPublica
Viviane Menezes, a marine scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts, has described the Red Sea as being like a “big lagoon” with “everything connected.”
A Rusting Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Yemen Is an Environmental Catastrophe Waiting to Happen. Can Anyone Prevent It?|Joseph Hincks|May 14, 2021|Time
Before the pandemic, around 700 massive ships entered the lagoon each year.
Venice Has Banned Cruise Ships but That Won’t Stop Them|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 23, 2021|The Daily Beast
Turneffe Flats sits on Turneffe Atoll, a 300-square-mile series of hundreds of palm-fringed islands, endless mangroves, clear lagoons, and unbroken reefs — the very picture of pristine Caribbean beauty.
With covid protocols, a Caribbean fly-fishing haven is back in business|Chris Santella|April 2, 2021|Washington Post

The smallest fossil could fit on a pinky nail, and has no bones or teeth—it’s just soft tissue imprinted in the bottom of a muddy lagoon.
These fossilized lamprey hatchlings disprove an age-old evolutionary theory|Philip Kiefer|March 11, 2021|Popular-Science
No one knows exactly why 29-year-old Iranian costume design student Mahtab Savoji turned up dead in the Venice lagoon last week.
Iranian Found In Venice Lagoon, Alleged Victim Of Botched Sex Game|Barbie Latza Nadeau|February 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I wind up driving into a lagoon of some kind and presumably drowning.
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A one-legged torso wearing only a stiletto-heeled boot was found floating in a Venice lagoon.
Headless Torso Found in Venice Lagoon|Barbie Latza Nadeau|June 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She was the Brooke Shields we fell in love with in Blue Lagoon—but of age.
Charlie Sheen On ‘Anger Management’, Lindsay Lohan, Partying & More|Marlow Stern|January 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He called out something about his fish, and soon after passed out of sight into the lagoon.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
"It's across the lagoon," Dr. Silence cried, but this time in full tones that paid no tribute to caution.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
And an answering cry sounded across the lagoon—thin, wailing, piteous.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
She looked long away from me across the lagoon and at last sighed, like one who has drunk deeply, and turned to me.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells
Making our way in the direction pointed out, we saw before us a creek falling into the lagoon.
In the Wilds of Florida|W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for lagoon

lagoon

/ (ləˈɡuːn) /

noun

a body of water cut off from the open sea by coral reefs or sand bars

any small body of water, esp one adjoining a larger one

Also (rare): lagune

Word Origin for lagoon

C17: from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna pool; see lacuna

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Scientific definitions for lagoon

lagoon

[ lə-gōōn′ ]

A shallow body of salt water close to the sea but separated from it by a narrow strip of land, such as a barrier island, or by a coral reef.

A shallow pond or lake close to a larger lake or river but separated from it by a barrier such as a levee.

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