laguna
noun
a bay, inlet, or other narrow or shallow body of water (often used in placenames).
laguna
1 American
[luh-goo-nuh]
/ ləˈgu nə /
noun
Laguna
2
American
[luh-goo-nuh]
/ ləˈgu nə /
noun
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Lagunas,
plural
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Laguna
plural
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a Pueblo Indian people of west-central New Mexico.
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the Keresan dialect spoken by the Laguna.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of laguna
< Spanish or Italian; see lagoon
Example Sentences
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Two young local men pick up a couple of American girls there and — after an accident in the laguna — abandon them on a dock outside the hospital.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2021
Snook can be found on the shallow flats of the lower laguna.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2019
In a few days we were brave enough to bump down a long dirt road and boondock at the laguna with the hatch flung open, campfire glowing and whales huffing through the night.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2014
How useful would E.M.D.R. be as treatment for them?Ibialik1b, laguna hills, ca Can E.M.D.R. prompt memories of past trauma to emerge?
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2012
Its western exposure is Roman in design to harmonize with the Palace of Fine Arts on the opposite side of the laguna.
From The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Louis Christian Mullgardt
Shakespeare in the park is the dominant form of outdoor theater, but don’t miss out on seeing Broadway musicals in Rancho Mirage, the ancients at Getty Villa or tableaux come to life in Laguna Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
A driver in Laguna Beach died on Friday after she drove her car off a parking lot embankment and rolled over, the second time that’s happened in the area in just over a year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
One resident commented on the city’s social media post announcing the rules that Laguna has “turned into a giant HOA on steroids.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
She eventually scores her own American dream, opening a chain of restaurants with locations in Beverly Hills, Laguna Beach, Glendale and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
They’re in front of the abandoned Laguna movie theater.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
There was a hurricane warning in effect from Lagunas de Chacahua to Zihuatanejo.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
A hurricane warning was in effect between the port of Salina Cruz and the Lagunas de Chacahua.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2022
Hurricane warnings have been declared for parts of the coast of Oaxaca, stretching from Salina Cruz to Lagunas de Chacahua, according to the NHC.
From Reuters ● May 29, 2022
Veronica Lagunas, who came to the country 19 years ago from El Salvador and has two U.S.-born children, said: “I am in shock. I am breathless.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2020
They were Navajos, but he had seen Zunis and Lagunas and Hopis there too, walking alone or in twos and threes along the dusty Gallup streets.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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