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
Last week, a 41-year-old man who was bodysurfing in South Crescent Bay in Laguna Beach died after he was pulled out of the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Mahender Makhijani, who was ordered to pay $1.34 billion in a Laguna Beach real estate arbitration, pleaded not guilty Monday to federal bank fraud charges in a separate criminal case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Laguna Beach Stadium and new field is out of this world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
She noted that one elder from Kwaaymii Laguna Band of Indians responded with concerns about mud pots and other resources in the area, but it was more than five months after the consultation period closed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
She tied the shawl into a bundle and balanced it on top of her head the way Tayo had seen the old women at Laguna do.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
“My boys like sports, and they can’t be outside,” Lagunas said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
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
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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