lagoon

shallow body of water separated from larger body of water by a barrier
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lagoon
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lagoon

Summary

lagoon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,342 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lagoon is a type of coastal lake[2].
  • lagoon's Commons category is recorded as Lagoons[3].
  • lagoon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lagoons[4].
  • lagoon's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[5].
  • lagoon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • lagoon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • lagoon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • lagoon's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • lagoon's different from is recorded as Laguna[10].
  • lagoon's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000038[11].
  • lagoon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].

Body

Definition and Type

lagoon is a type of coastal lake[2].

Why It Matters

lagoon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,342 views/month).[1] lagoon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] lagoon is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Grand dictionnaire terminologique. Retrieved . vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category Category:Lagoons
    Described by source Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Aliases
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9751, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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