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Lacuna Luh Kyoo Nuh Plural Lacunae Luh Kyoo Nee Noun Empty Space

Lacuna means an empty space, gap, missing part, or opening.

Lacuna means an empty space, gap, missing part, or opening.

Front lacuna \luh-KYOO-nuh\
plural lacunae (luh-KYOO-nee) or lacunas
Back noun
An empty space, gap, missing part, an opening.

[From Latin lacuna (hole, gap), from lacus (lake). Earliest documented use: 1663.]

"Last week's collision between two cargo ships off the coast of Mumbai has exposed several systemic lacunae." - Black Waters; The Times of India (New Delhi, India); Aug 11, 2010. 

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