A public swimming pool or bathing beach resort. Originally referred to a famous beach resort near Venice.
From Italian 'Lido,' the name of a barrier island near Venice that became a fashionable seaside resort. The word comes from Latin 'litus' meaning 'shore' or 'beach.'
The original Lido di Venezia was where the modern bikini made its European debut and where Thomas Mann set 'Death in Venice' - transforming this Italian beach into the global symbol of glamorous seaside leisure that gave its name to pools worldwide.
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