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lagoon

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ləˈɡuːn

Definitions

  1. river delta
  2. A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
  3. shallow lake, pond
  4. A shallow area of water partly or wholly cut off from the sea by a strip or strips of land.
  5. a shallow stretch of water separated from the sea by sandbanks, coral reefs etc. strandmeer بُحَيْرَه شاطئيَّه лагуна lagoa laguna die Lagune lagune λιμνοθάλασσαlaguna laguun مرداب laguuni laguneלגונה लैगून, समुद्री झील uvala, laguna lagúna laguna lón laguna 潟 석호(潟湖) lagūna, negili lanka lagūna lagun lagunelagunelaguna د ناپاكو اوبه ډنډ lagoa lagună лагуна lagúna laguna laguna lagun ทะเลสาบ kıyı gölü, deniz kulağı 瀉湖, 礁湖 лагуна مرجانی قطعہ پر گھرا ہوا پانی đầm phá 泻湖,礁湖
  6. brook
  7. A shallow body of water, especially one separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs.
  8. water reservoir
  9. A shallow artificial pond used for treating or storing liquid waste material or for collecting flood waters.
  10. (Physical Geography) a body of water cut off from the open sea by coral reefs or sand bars
  11. (Physical Geography) any small body of water, esp one adjoining a larger one
  12. an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.
  13. an artificial pool for storage and treatment of polluted or excessively hot waste.
  14. A shallow body of salt water close to the sea but separated from it by a narrow strip of land, such as a barrier island, or by a coral reef.
  15. A shallow pond or lake close to a larger lake or river but separated from it by a barrier such as a levee.

Equivalents

32 more languages
Българскилагуна
Catalàllacuna
Češtinalaguna
Dansklagune
Ελληνικάλιμνοθάλασσα
Esperantolaguno
Suomilaguuni
Galegolagoa
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiloko
Magyarlagúna
Italianolaguna
ქართულილაგუნა
Қазақ тілілагуна
한국어라군석호
Lietuviųlagūnà
Latviešulagūna
Nederlandslagune
PortuguêsAlbufeiraLaguna
Românălaguna
Русскийлагуна
Svenskalagun
TagalogBailanaw
Türkçelagün
Tiếng Việtđầmphà

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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