LAGOON


Meaning of LAGOON in English

■ noun

1》 a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.

2》 N. Amer. & Austral./NZ a small freshwater lake near a larger lake or river.

3》 an artificial pool for the treatment of effluent or to accommodate an overspill from surface drains.

Derivatives

~al adjective

Origin

C17: from Ital. and Sp. laguna , from L. lacuna (see lacuna ).

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