lagoon
UK/ləˈɡuːn/
lagoon noun: a shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
Noun
lagoon (plural lagoons)
lagoon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lagoon in Hindi
- shallow body of water
- अनूप झील anūp jhīl, अनूप anūp
lagoon in Tamil
- கடற்கரைக்காயல், களப்பு
lagoon in Marathi
- खाऱ्या सरोवराचे
lagoon in Urdu
- lagoon
- جھیل jhīl
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- lagoon in Bengali
- উপহ্রদ
- lagoon in Telugu
- మడుగు
- lagoon in Malayalam
- കായൽ kāyal
- lagoon in Kannada
- ಕಡಲ್ಕೊಳ
- lagoon in Punjabi
- جھیل jhīl, ਝੀਲ jhīl
- lagoon in Gujarati
- ઝીલ jhīl
- lagoon in Odia
- ଉପହ୍ରଦ
- lagoon in Nepali
- लगुन, लैगुन, लेगुन
- lagoon in Tagalog
- bai, lanaw
- lagoon in Arabic
- بُحَيْرة شاطِئَة, لَاجُون lājūn
- lagoon in Malay
- lagun
- lagoon in Persian
- مرداب mordâb, تالاب tâlâb, لگون lagun, خفتاب xaftâb
- lagoon in Thai
- ลากูน laa-guun
- lagoon in Vietnamese
- phá
Examples of lagoon in a sentence
- The edge of the island is steep and formed by a narrow reef belt enclosing a lagoon.
- The water depth within the lagoon is 10 meters – 20 meters.
- A small "bridge" was left at the lower end of the lagoon.
Forms of lagoon
| plural | lagoons |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | lagune |
Origin of lagoon
Borrowed from French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna. Related to Old English lagu via Proto-Indo-European. Doublet of lacuna and lacune.
Words formed from lagoon
- Bears Lagoon
- Bool Lagoon
- Chain of Lagoons
- Egg Lagoon
- Fork Lagoons
- Horseshoe Lagoon
- Island Lagoon
- Jews Lagoon
- Kents Lagoon
- Knuckey Lagoon
- lagoonal
- lagoon city
- Lagoon Grass
- lagoonless
- lagoonlet
- lagoonlike
- Lagoon Pocket
- lagoonside
- lagoon triggerfish
- lagoonward
- lagoonwards
- Lambells Lagoon
- Little Pine Lagoon
- Marlow Lagoon
- McMinns Lagoon
- Mountain Lagoon
- palaeolagoon
- paleolagoon
- Pelican Lagoon
- Porter Lagoon
- Rushy Lagoon
- Southport Lagoon
- Swans Lagoon
- The Lagoon
- Traynors Lagoon
- Valley of Lagoons
Phrases with lagoon
Words that rhyme with lagoon
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
Questions about lagoon
- What does lagoon mean?
- Lagoon means a shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
- What is lagoon in Hindi?
- Lagoon in Hindi is अनूप झील (anūp jhīl), अनूप (anūp). See Lagoon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lagoon?
- Lagoon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lagoon?
- Lagoon is pronounced /ləˈɡuːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lagoon?
- The plural of lagoon is lagoons.
Words near lagoon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lagoon (page history and authors); lagoon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lagoon (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); جھیل (Urdu) (page history and authors); Lagoon (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lagoon (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); കായൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); lagoon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جھیل (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઝીલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); lagoon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lagoon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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