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laguna

/ləˈɡu.nə/

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What does laguna mean?

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the Laguna Pueblo people, culture, or the variety of Keres they speak.

noun

  1. A federally recognized tribe of Keres-speaking Pueblo people in Cibola County, New Mexico.
  2. A member of this tribe.
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proper noun

  1. A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Santa Cruz. Largest city: Calamba.
  2. A locality in the City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
  4. A locality in Yuma County, Arizona, United States.
  5. A census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States.

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Doctor Gillan imagined that he observed, between Laguna and the port of Orotava, in very deep ravines, beds of primitive rocks.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322
In a broad band of sand-hillocks which separate the Laguna del Potrero from the shores of the Plata, at the distance of a few miles from Maldonado, I found a group of those vitrified, siliceous tubes, which are formed by lightning entering loose sand.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
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I prefer to recollect the Espartillar I knew, a place of unending spaces and glorious sunshine, with air almost as intoxicating as wine, where innumerable spurred plovers screamed raucously all day long, where the little ground-owls blinked unceasingly at the edge of their burrows; where bronze-green ibises flashed through the sunlight, and rose-coloured spoonbills trailed in pink streaks across the blue sky, as they flew in single file from one laguna to another.
Frederic, Lord HamiltonHere, There and EverywhereProject Gutenberg ebook #6368