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Lagoon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
  2. 2
    a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral wordnet

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.

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