"lagoon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ləˈɡuːn/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-lagoon.ogg [US] Forms: lagoons [plural]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: Borrowed from French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna. Related to Old English lagu via Proto-Indo-European. Doublet of lacuna and lacune. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|lagune}} French lagune, {{der|en|it|laguna}} Italian laguna, {{der|en|la|lacuna}} Latin lacuna, {{cog|ang|lagu}} Old English lagu, {{doublet|en|lacuna|lacune}} Doublet of lacuna and lacune Head templates: {{en-noun}} lagoon (plural lagoons)
  1. A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar. Wikipedia link: Venetian Lagoon, lagoon Categories (place): Bodies of water Synonyms: lagune [dated] Derived forms: lagoon triggerfish Translations (shallow body of water): strandmeer (Afrikaans), laguna (Albanian), τέναγος (ténagos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), بُحَيْرة شاطِئَة (alt: buḥayra(t) šāṭiʔa) [feminine] (Arabic), لَاجُون (lājūn) [feminine] (Arabic), ծովալճակ (covalčak) (Armenian), llaguna [feminine] (Asturian), isk'aqota (Aymara), лагуна (laguna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), llacuna [feminine] (Catalan), 潟湖 (xìhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 瀉湖 (Chinese Mandarin), 泻湖 (xièhú) (note: dated or non-standard form) (Chinese Mandarin), 環礁湖 (Chinese Mandarin), 环礁湖 (huánjiāohú) (Chinese Mandarin), ilhuicaāmāitl (Classical Nahuatl), laguna [feminine] (Czech), lagune [common-gender] (Danish), strandsø [common-gender] (Danish), lagune [feminine] (Dutch), laguno (Esperanto), laguun (Estonian), laguuni (Finnish), lagon [masculine] (French), lagune [feminine] (French), étang [masculine] (French), lagoa [feminine] (Galician), ლაგუნა (laguna) (Georgian), Lagune [feminine] (German), λιμνοθάλασσα (limnothálassa) [feminine] (Greek), לָגוּנָה (laguna) [feminine] (Hebrew), danaw (Higaonon), झील (jhīl) (Hindi), lagúna (Hungarian), laguno (Ido), laguna [feminine] (Italian), ラグーン (ragūn) (Japanese), (kata) (alt: かた) (Japanese), 潟湖 (sekiko) (alt: せきこ) (Japanese), лагуна (laguna) (Kazakh), 석호 (seokho) (alt: 潟湖) (Korean), 라군 (ragun) (Korean), lagūna [feminine] (Latvian), lagūna [feminine] (Lithuanian), лагуна (laguna) [feminine] (Macedonian), lagun (Malay), mooirlagh (Manx), muriwai (Maori), hāpua (Maori), letshanatswai (Northern Sotho), lagune [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), strandsjø [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lagune [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), strandsjø [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lòna [feminine] (Occitan), مرداب (mordâb) (Persian), تالاب (tâlâb) (Persian), لگون (lagun) (Persian), خفتاب (xaftâb) (Persian), کولاب (kulâb) (Persian), ایستاب (istâb) (Persian), Lagoon [feminine] (Plautdietsch), laguna [feminine] (Polish), laguna [feminine] (Portuguese), albufeira [feminine] (Portuguese), lagună [feminine] (Romanian), лагу́на (lagúna) [feminine] (Russian), лагуна [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), laguna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lagúna [feminine] (Slovak), laguna [feminine] (Slovene), laguna [feminine] (Spanish), estero (Spanish), albufera [feminine] (Spanish), lagun [common-gender] (Swedish), strandsjö [common-gender] (Swedish), bai (Tagalog), lanaw (Tagalog), ลากูน (laa-guun) (Thai), lagün (Turkish), лагу́на (lahúna) (Ukrainian), łaguna [feminine] (Venetian), phá (alt: 𫮒) (Vietnamese), gampêl (Zazaki)

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          "roman": "xìhú",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "環礁湖"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "shallow body of water",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
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        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
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          "sense": "shallow body of water",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "shallow body of water",
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        },
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "laguna",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "ლაგუნა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "limnothálassa",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ténagos",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "laguna",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "לָגוּנָה"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "laguno"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laguna"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ragūn",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "ラグーン"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かた",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kata",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "潟"
        },
        {
          "alt": "せきこ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sekiko",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "潟湖"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "laguna",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "лагуна"
        },
        {
          "alt": "潟湖",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seokho",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "석호"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ragun",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "라군"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lagūna"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lagūna"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "laguna",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лагуна"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "lagun"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "mooirlagh"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "muriwai"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "hāpua"
        },
        {
          "code": "nso",
          "lang": "Northern Sotho",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "letshanatswai"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lagune"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "strandsjø"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lagune"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "strandsjø"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lòna"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mordâb",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "مرداب"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "tâlâb",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "تالاب"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lagun",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "لگون"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xaftâb",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "خفتاب"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kulâb",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "کولاب"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "istâb",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "ایستاب"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Lagoon"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laguna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laguna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "albufeira"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lagună"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lagúna",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laguna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lagúna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laguna"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laguna"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "estero"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "albufera"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lagun"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "strandsjö"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "bai"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "lanaw"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "laa-guun",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
          "word": "ลากูน"
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          "word": "phá"
        },
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          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "shallow body of water",
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        }
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        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
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    }
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "strandmeer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "laguna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "buḥayra(t) šāṭiʔa",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بُحَيْرة شاطِئَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "covalčak",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "ծովալճակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llaguna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ay",
      "lang": "Aymara",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "isk'aqota"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "laguna",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лагуна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llacuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìhú",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "潟湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "瀉湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "dated or non-standard form",
      "roman": "xièhú",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "泻湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "環礁湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huánjiāohú",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "环礁湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "ilhuicaāmāitl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laguna"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lagune"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "strandsø"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lagune"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "laguno"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "laguun"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "laguuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lagon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lagune"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "étang"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lagoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "laguna",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "ლაგუნა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lagune"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "limnothálassa",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λιμνοθάλασσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ténagos",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "τέναγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "laguna",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "לָגוּנָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "mba",
      "lang": "Higaonon",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "danaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jhīl",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "झील"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "lagúna"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "laguno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laguna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ragūn",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "ラグーン"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かた",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kata",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "潟"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せきこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sekiko",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "潟湖"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "laguna",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "лагуна"
    },
    {
      "alt": "潟湖",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seokho",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "석호"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ragun",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "라군"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lagūna"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lagūna"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "laguna",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лагуна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "lagun"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "mooirlagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "muriwai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "hāpua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nso",
      "lang": "Northern Sotho",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "letshanatswai"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lagune"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strandsjø"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lagune"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "strandsjø"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lòna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mordâb",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "مرداب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tâlâb",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "تالاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lagun",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "لگون"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xaftâb",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "خفتاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kulâb",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "کولاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "istâb",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "ایستاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lagoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laguna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laguna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "albufeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lagună"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lagúna",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лагу́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лагуна"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laguna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lagúna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laguna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laguna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "estero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "albufera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lagun"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "strandsjö"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "bai"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "lanaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "laa-guun",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "ลากูน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "lagün"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lahúna",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "лагу́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "łaguna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "𫮒",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "phá"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "shallow body of water",
      "word": "gampêl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lagoon"
}

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