Lagoon

/ləˈɡuːn/ noun

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger sea or ocean by sandbanks, coral reefs, or islands.

From Italian *laguna*, meaning pond or lake, related to Latin *lacus* for lake. The word originally referred to the network of shallow waters around Venice.

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