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Synonyms for lagoon

Grammar : Noun
Spell : luh-goon
Phonetic Transcription : ləˈgun

Définition of lagoon

Origin :
  • 1670s, lagune, earlier laguna (1610s), from French lagune or directly from Italian laguna "pond, lake," from Latin lacuna "pond, hole," from lacus "pond" (see lake (n.1)). Originally in reference to the region of Venice; applied 1769 (by Capt. Cook) to the lake-like stretch of water enclosed in a South Seas atoll. Also cf. -oon.
  • noun shallow body of water
Example sentences :
  • That lagoon presented an excellent place for a cattle-station.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • Then I knew why Opata smelled of mischief when he had caught snakes in the lagoon.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • The shallow water of the lagoon ran into gold-tipped ripples.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • In the center of this lagoon stands commonly a rocky island.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • And they wait for us outside the bottle-neck of this lagoon.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The water within the lagoon was as calm as the surface of a mill-pond.
  • Extract from : « Adrift on the Pacific » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Jack twitched the auger from one of the seamen and flung it into the lagoon.
  • Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne
  • Nothing can be more striking than the appearance of such a lagoon.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various
  • His hands had been blown away by a dynamite cartridge while fishing in some lagoon.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • Of the five stories in this volume The Lagoon, the last in order, is the earliest in date.
  • Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad

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