la|goon

la|goon
la|goon «luh GOON», noun.
1. a pond or small lake connected with a larger body of water.
2. shallow water separated from the sea by low ridges of sand. A lagoon has salt or brackish water.
3. the water within a ring-shaped coral island.
4. a natural or artificial pond for sewage disposal: »

First, the effluent will go into aeration lagoons for biological treatment by bacteria. Then it will go into storage lagoons capable of holding the effluent during the non-irrigation season (Science News).

╂[< French lagune (< Italian) or < Italian laguna < Latin lacūna pond, hole. See etym. of doublet lacuna. (Cf. ↑lacuna)]

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