LAGUNE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

Synonyms:

lagoon; laguna; lagune

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("lagune" is a kind of...):

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lagune"):

liman (a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river)

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