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).

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Laguna ² American  

[luh-goo-nuh] / ləˈgu nə /

noun

plural

Lagunas,

plural

Laguna

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; lagoon

Example Sentences

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

“Técnicamente, él está explotando una laguna jurídica que le permite no divulgarlos”.

From Washington Times • Oct. 18, 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

Lago is lake; pond, laguna; and for a little lake the pretty name lagunita.

From A Truthful Woman in Southern California by Sanborn, Kate