Lido
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities. British
- 2 Initialism of Lightweight Information Describing Objects. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 3 Initialism of Large inclination Distant Objects. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 4 a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports wordnet
- 5 An outdoor swimming pool. British
Etymology
After Lido (Lido di Venezia), an island with a long beach in Venice, Italy, site of Europe’s first modern beach resort (1857), from Italian lido (“beach, shore”), from Latin litus (“shore”) (hence also English littoral (“of the shore”)). The name is aspirational, evoking glamorous Venice; compare Venetian Pool, another outdoor pool named for Venice.
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