lagoon
[luh-goon]
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Origin of lagoon
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Contemporary Examples
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 GameBarbie Latza Nadeau
February 5, 2014
I wind up driving into a lagoon of some kind and presumably drowning.
A one-legged torso wearing only a stiletto-heeled boot was found floating in a Venice lagoon.
Historical Examples
That lagoon presented an excellent place for a cattle-station.
Then I knew why Opata smelled of mischief when he had caught snakes in the lagoon.
The Trail BookMary Austin
The shallow water of the lagoon ran into gold-tipped ripples.
The Trail BookMary Austin
In the center of this lagoon stands commonly a rocky island.
The Meaning of EvolutionSamuel Christian Schmucker
And they wait for us outside the bottle-neck of this lagoon.
Captain BloodRafael Sabatini
lagoon
- 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
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Also (rare): lagune
Word Origin
C17: from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna pool; see lacuna
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Word Origin and History for lagoon
n.
1670s, lagune, earlier laguna (1610s), from French lagune or directly from Italian laguna "pond, lake," from Latin lacuna "pond, hole," from lacus "pond" (see lake (n.1)). Originally in reference to the region of Venice; applied 1769 (by Capt. Cook) to the lake-like stretch of water enclosed in a South Seas atoll. Also cf. -oon.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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