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lacuna

la·cuna

UK/ləˈk(j)uː.nə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a blank gap or missing part

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Origin

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

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