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Added 9 October 2026

lacuna

/ləˈk(j)uː.nə/ noun

In Latin: lacūna Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about lacuna at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A blank gap or missing part.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin lacūna (“a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”). Doublet of lacune and lagoon.

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