Lido meaning

lē'dō
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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A resort at a beach.
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(UK) A part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
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(UK) An outdoor swimming pool.
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Origin of lido

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")).

Sentence Examples

  • The Lido, which lies about 2 m.

  • Under the republic commercial shipping used to enter Venice by the Tort of San Nicole del Lido and lie along the quay called the Riva degli Schiavoni, in the basin of San Marco, and up the broad Giudecca Canal.

  • But with the decline of Venice the trade of the port fell off; the mouth of the Lido entrance became gradually silted up owing to the joint action of the tide and the current, and for many years complete stagnation characterized the port.

  • The Austrians, abandoning the nearer Lido entrance to the lagoons, resolved to deepen and keep open the Malamocco entrance.

  • The government accordingly resolved to reopen the Lido entrance to the lagoon, and thus to afford a shorter and more commodious access from the sea.

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