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lido¹

  • /ˈlaɪ.dəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈliː.dəʊ/ UK

Rhymes with -aɪdəʊ, -iːdəʊ

Where it comes from

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”) (hence also English littoral (“of the shore”)). The name is aspirational, evoking glamorous Venice; compare Venetian Pool, another outdoor pool named for Venice.

noun lidos

  1. UK Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
  2. UK An outdoor swimming pool.

lido²

noun

  1. abbreviation, clipping, slang, uncountable Clipping of lidocaine

LIDO³

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Lightweight Information Describing Objects

LiDO⁴

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Large inclination Distant Objects

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noun outdoor swimming pool

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"lido." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lido. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lido. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lido

Chicago

"lido." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lido.

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@misc{lido_2026,
  title = {lido},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lido},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}