a resort at a beach
Origin of lido
after Lido, island in north eastern Italylido
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Lido
A barrier island of northeast Italy separating the lagoon of Venice from the Adriatic Sea. The town of Lido, at the northern end of the island, is a fashionable resort.
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Usage notes
The first pronunciation is more common, but the second more closely imitates the Italian.
Noun
(plural lidos)
- (UK) A part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
- (UK) An outdoor swimming pool.
Origin
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") (from whence also English littoral (“of the shore")).
The name is aspirational, evoking glamorous Venice - compare the Venetian Pool, another outdoor pool named for Venice.
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