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1.
an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes. Compare laguna.
2.
Also, lagune. any small, pondlike body of water, especially one connected with a larger body of water.
3.
an artificial pool for storage and treatment of polluted or excessively hot sewage, industrial waste, etc.
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lagoon
1612, from Fr. lagune, from It. laguna "pond, lake," from L. lacuna "pond, hole," from lacus "pond" (see lake). Originally in ref. to the region of Venice; applied 1769 to the lake-like stretch of water enclosed in a South Seas atoll.
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