Well attestedNamed from the place
lido
noun · first attested 20th century
British swimming pools are named for a Venetian sandbar.
A public open-air swimming pool or bathing beach.
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Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Lido di Venezia
- In English
lido
The Lido is the barrier island that shelters the Venetian lagoon, and its beach resort was fashionable in the 1920s. Britain applied the name to municipal pools.
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