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la·goon
(lə-go͞on′)n.
1. A shallow body of water, especially one separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs.
2. A shallow artificial pond used for treating or storing liquid waste material or for collecting flood waters.
[French lagune and Italian laguna, both from Latin lacūna, pool, hollow, gap, from lacus, lake.]
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lagoon
(ləˈɡuːn)n
Also (rare): lagune 1. (Physical Geography) a body of water cut off from the open sea by coral reefs or sand bars
2. (Physical Geography) any small body of water, esp one adjoining a larger one
[C17: from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna pool; see lacuna]
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la•goon
(ləˈgun)n.
1. an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.
2. an artificial pool for storage and treatment of polluted or excessively hot waste.
[1605–15; earlier laguna (singular), lagune (pl.) < Italian < Latin lacūna pit]
la•goon′al, adj.
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la·goon
(lə-go͞on′)1. A shallow body of salt water close to the sea but separated from it by a narrow strip of land, such as a barrier island, or by a coral reef.
2. A shallow pond or lake close to a larger lake or river but separated from it by a barrier such as a levee.
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lagoon
- Derived from Latin lacuna, "pool, lake" or "hole, gap."See also related terms for lake.
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lagoon
A shallow area of water partly or wholly cut off from the sea by a strip or strips of land.
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Noun | 1. | lagoon - a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land liman - a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river |
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بُحَيْرَةٌبُحَيْرَه شاطئيَّه
laguna
lagune
laguuni
झील
laguna
lagúna
lón
潟湖
석호
lagūnanegili lanka
lagūna
lagúna
lagun
บึงน้ำเค็ม
deniz kulağıkıyı gölülagün
phá
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lagoon
n → Lagune f
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lagoon
(ləˈguːn) noun a shallow stretch of water separated from the sea by sandbanks, coral reefs etc.
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lagoon
→ بُحَيْرَةٌ laguna lagune Lagune λιμνοθάλασσα laguna laguuni lagune laguna laguna 潟湖 석호 lagune lagune laguna lagoa лагуна lagun บึงน้ำเค็ม lagün phá 环礁湖Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009