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Lagune

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See lagoon.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See lagoon.
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  • noun. Dated form of lagoon.
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  • noun. a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
    • Word Usage
    "The word originated in Latin as lacuna, then later appears in Venice as laguna, transforms to lagune in French, then appears, anglicized as lagoon for the first time in 1769 to refer to the lake-like stretch of water enclosed in a South Seas atoll."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lake  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    liman  
    variant
    lagoon  
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