How do you say “lagoon” in Vietnamese?

“Lagoon” in Vietnamese is phá (to destroy), đầm (swamp).

Vietnamese words for “lagoon”

• pháListennoun
  Hanoi [faː˧˦] · Saigon [faː˦˥]phá rising

  to destroy; to demolish

  for “lagoon” meaning: A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

• đầmListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɗəm˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɗəm˨˩]đầm falling

  swamp; lagoon

Related Vietnamese words

• chằmListennoun

  swamp; lagoon

• đầm pháListennoun

  swamps and lagoons

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.