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

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

At the village of Los Baños, on the shores of the laguna, there are some hot springs, flowing into baths cut out of the natural rock.

From Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 by MacMicking, Robert