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  • laguna
    laguna
    noun
    a bay, inlet, or other narrow or shallow body of water (often used in placenames).
  • Laguna
    Laguna
    noun
    a Pueblo Indian people of west-central New Mexico.

laguna

1 American  
[luh-goo-nuh] / ləˈgu nə /

noun

  1. a bay, inlet, or other narrow or shallow body of water (often used in placenames).


Laguna 2 American  
[luh-goo-nuh] / ləˈgu nə /

noun

Lagunas, plural Laguna plural
  1. a Pueblo Indian people of west-central New Mexico.

  2. the Keresan dialect spoken by the Laguna.


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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

Charadrius wilsonia wilsonia Ord: Wilson Plover.—This small plover breeds commonly on the beach and on alkaline flats adjacent to the laguna.

From Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, M?xico by Johnston, Richard F.

A number of Californians have died along the coast this summer, including a 5-year-old girl from San Bernardino who was swept into the ocean by powerful waves in Laguna Beach.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Some beachgoers have lamented that Laguna Beach’s policy is too restrictive, and that long days spent on the sand require more shade than a small umbrella provides, particularly for families with small children.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

The previous high belonged to another Laguna Beach property that traded hands for $70 million in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

The body of missing 5-year-old Amada Mia Brown of San Bernardino was recovered in Laguna Beach on Thursday, two days after she vanished in high surf.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

He didn’t want to interrupt the hunter to ask, but he was wondering where he was from, and where he had learned the Laguna song.

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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