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lido.

Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlaɪ.dəʊ/UK/ˈliː.dəʊ/UK
  1. Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.

    UK
  2. An outdoor swimming pool.

    UK
Where this word comes from

After Lido (Lido di Venezia), an island with a long beach in Venice, Italy, site of Europe’s first modern beach resort (1857), from Italian lido (“beach, shore”), from Latin litus (“shore”) (hence also English littoral (“of the shore”)). The name is aspirational, evoking glamorous Venice; compare Venetian Pool, another outdoor pool named for Venice.

noun
  1. Clipping of lidocaine

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · slang · uncountable
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