lagoon
noun/ləˈɡuːn/
/ləˈɡuːn/
- a lake of salt water that is separated from the sea by a reef or an area of rock or sandTopics Geographyc2
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- (North American English) a small area of fresh water near a lake or river
- We loved to go swimming in the lagoon.
- (specialist) an artificial area built to hold waste water before it is treated at a sewage works
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian and Spanish laguna, from Latin lacuna ‘pool’, from lacus ‘lake’.
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