lagoon

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• UK, US: /ləˈɡuːn/
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Borrowed from French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna. Related to Old English lagu via Proto-Indo-European. Doublet of lacuna and lacune.

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: strandmeer — shallow body of water
• Albanian: laguna — shallow body of water
• Arabic: بُحَيْرة شاطِئَة — shallow body of water
• Arabic: لَاجُون (lājūn) — shallow body of water
• Armenian: ծովալճակ (covalčak) — shallow body of water
• Asturian: llaguna — shallow body of water
• Aymara: isk'aqota — shallow body of water
• Bulgarian: лагу́на (lagúna) — shallow body of water
• Catalan: llacuna — shallow body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 潟湖 (xìhú) — shallow body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 瀉湖 /泻湖 (xièhú) — shallow body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 環礁湖 /环礁湖 (huánjiāohú) — shallow body of water
• Czech: laguna — shallow body of water
• Danish: lagune — shallow body of water
• Danish: strandsø — shallow body of water
• Dutch: lagune — shallow body of water
• Esperanto: laguno — shallow body of water
• Estonian: laguun — shallow body of water
• Finnish: laguuni — shallow body of water
• French: lagon — shallow body of water
• French: lagune — shallow body of water
• French: étang — shallow body of water
• Galician: lagoa — shallow body of water
• Georgian: ლაგუნა (laguna) — shallow body of water
• German: Lagune — shallow body of water
• Greek: λιμνοθάλασσα (limnothálassa) — shallow body of water
• Ancient Greek: τέναγος (ténagos) — shallow body of water
• Haitian Creole: lagon — shallow body of water
• Hawaiian: loko — shallow body of water
• Hebrew: לָגוּנָה (laguna) — shallow body of water
• Higaonon: danaw — shallow body of water
• Hindi: अनूप झील (anūp jhīl) — shallow body of water
• Hindi: अनूप (anūp) — shallow body of water
• Hungarian: lagúna — shallow body of water
• Ido: laguno — shallow body of water
• Italian: laguna — shallow body of water
• Japanese: ラグーン (ragūn) — shallow body of water
• Japanese: 潟 (kata) — shallow body of water
• Japanese: 潟湖 (sekiko) — shallow body of water
• Kazakh: лагуна (laguna) — shallow body of water
• Korean: 석호 (seokho) — shallow body of water
• Korean: 라군 (ragun) — shallow body of water
• Latvian: lagūna — shallow body of water
• Lithuanian: lagūna — shallow body of water
• Macedonian: лагуна (laguna) — shallow body of water
• Malay: lagun — shallow body of water
• Manx: mooirlagh — shallow body of water
• Māori: muriwai — shallow body of water
• Māori: hāpua — shallow body of water
• Classical Nahuatl: ilhuicaāmāitl — shallow body of water
• Northern Sotho: letshanatswai — shallow body of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: lagune — shallow body of water
• Norwegian Bokmål: strandsjø — shallow body of water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lagune — shallow body of water
• Norwegian Nynorsk: strandsjø — shallow body of water
• Occitan: lòna — shallow body of water
• Persian: مرداب (mordâb) — shallow body of water
• Persian: تالاب (tâlâb) — shallow body of water
• Persian: لگون (lagun) — shallow body of water
• Persian: خفتاب (xaftâb) — shallow body of water
• Persian: کولاب (kulâb) — shallow body of water
• Persian: ایستاب (istâb) — shallow body of water
• Plautdietsch: Lagoon — shallow body of water
• Polish: laguna — shallow body of water
• Polish: zalew — shallow body of water
• Portuguese: laguna — shallow body of water
• Portuguese: albufeira — shallow body of water
• Rarotongan: roto — shallow body of water
• Romanian: lagună — shallow body of water
• Russian: лагу́на (lagúna) — shallow body of water
• Samoan: taitafola — shallow body of water
• Samoan: aloalo — shallow body of water
• Serbo-Croatian: лагуна — shallow body of water
• Serbo-Croatian: laguna — shallow body of water
• Slovak: lagúna — shallow body of water
• Slovene: laguna — shallow body of water
• Spanish: laguna — shallow body of water
• Spanish: estero — shallow body of water
• Spanish: albufera — shallow body of water
• Spanish: albina — shallow body of water
• Spanish: albariza — shallow body of water
• Spanish: cucha — shallow body of water
• Spanish: cocha — shallow body of water
• Swedish: lagun — shallow body of water
• Swedish: strandsjö — shallow body of water
• Tagalog: bai — shallow body of water
• Tagalog: lanaw — shallow body of water
• Tahitian: roto — shallow body of water
• Thai: ลากูน (laa-guun) — shallow body of water
• Turkish: lagün — shallow body of water
• Ukrainian: лагу́на (lahúna) — shallow body of water
• Venetan: łaguna — shallow body of water
• Vietnamese: phá — shallow body of water
• Welsh: lagŵn — shallow body of water
• Welsh: morlyn — shallow body of water
• Zazaki: gampêl — shallow body of water