Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans strandmeer
- strandmeershallow body of water
Ancient Greek τέναγος
- τέναγος (ténagos)shallow body of water
Arabic بُحَيْرة شاطِئَة, لَاجُون
- بُحَيْرة شاطِئَةshallow body of water
- لَاجُون (lājūn)shallow body of water
Bulgarian лагу́на
- лагу́на (lagúna)shallow body of water
Catalan llacuna
- llacunashallow body of water
Chinese Mandarin 潟湖, 瀉湖 /泻湖
- 潟湖 (xìhú)shallow body of water
- 瀉湖 /泻湖 (xièhú)shallow body of water
- 環礁湖 /环礁湖 (huánjiāohú)shallow body of water
Czech laguna
- lagunashallow body of water
Danish lagune, strandsø
- laguneshallow body of water
- strandsøshallow body of water
Dutch lagune
- laguneshallow body of water
Esperanto laguno
- lagunoshallow body of water
Estonian laguun
- laguunshallow body of water
Finnish laguuni
- laguunishallow body of water
French lagon, lagune
- lagonshallow body of water
- laguneshallow body of water
- étangshallow body of water
German Lagune
- Laguneshallow body of water
Greek λιμνοθάλασσα
- λιμνοθάλασσα (limnothálassa)shallow body of water
Hawaiian loko
- lokoshallow body of water
Hebrew לָגוּנָה
- לָגוּנָה (laguna)shallow body of water
Hindi अनूप झील, अनूप
- अनूप झील (anūp jhīl)shallow body of water
- अनूप (anūp)shallow body of water
Hungarian lagúna
- lagúnashallow body of water
Italian laguna
- lagunashallow body of water
Japanese ラグーン, 潟
- ラグーン (ragūn)shallow body of water
- 潟 (kata)shallow body of water
- 潟湖 (sekiko)shallow body of water
Korean 석호, 라군
- 석호 (seokho)shallow body of water
- 라군 (ragun)shallow body of water
Latvian lagūna
- lagūnashallow body of water
Lithuanian lagūna
- lagūnashallow body of water
Malay lagun
- lagunshallow body of water
Māori muriwai, hāpua
- muriwaishallow body of water
- hāpuashallow body of water
Norwegian Bokmål lagune, strandsjø
- laguneshallow body of water
- strandsjøshallow body of water
Persian مرداب, تالاب
- مرداب (mordâb)shallow body of water
- تالاب (tâlâb)shallow body of water
- لگون (lagun)shallow body of water
- خفتاب (xaftâb)shallow body of water
- کولاب (kulâb)shallow body of water
- ایستاب (istâb)shallow body of water
Polish laguna, zalew
- lagunashallow body of water
- zalewshallow body of water
Portuguese laguna, lagoa
- lagunashallow body of water
- lagoashallow body of water
- albufeirashallow body of water
Romanian lagună
- lagunăshallow body of water
Russian лагу́на
- лагу́на (lagúna)shallow body of water
Slovak lagúna
- lagúnashallow body of water
Spanish laguna, estero
- lagunashallow body of water
- esteroshallow body of water
- albuferashallow body of water
- albinashallow body of water
- albarizashallow body of water
- cuchashallow body of water
- cochashallow body of water
Swedish lagun, strandsjö
- lagunshallow body of water
- strandsjöshallow body of water
Tagalog bai, lanaw
- baishallow body of water
- lanawshallow body of water
Thai ลากูน
- ลากูน (laa-guun)shallow body of water
Turkish lagün
- lagünshallow body of water
Ukrainian лагу́на
- лагу́на (lahúna)shallow body of water
Vietnamese phá
- pháshallow body of water
Welsh lagŵn, morlyn
- lagŵnshallow body of water
- morlynshallow body of water
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lagoon
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Cite this entry
APA
lagoon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lagoon
MLA
“lagoon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lagoon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lagoon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lagoon.
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