laguna

/laˈɡuna/ · B2 · noun · f

lagoon

🏞️ laguna = lago (lake) + small-feminine ending, a lake-ish pool

From Latin lacūna, 'pit, hollow', related to lacus 'lake'. Same root gives English 'lacuna' (a gap) and 'lagoon', so the water sense and the gap or void sense both come from a hollow space.

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