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The Latin word lacus means "opening, hole, pool, lake," and was also the word for a distribution point in the public water supply of ancient Rome. It can refer to:

Geography

Lucrinus Lacus, a lake in Campania
Albanus Lake, Lake Albano in Lazio, Italy
Alsietinus Lacus, the ancient name of a lake in Etruria today known as Lake Martignano
Lacus Curtius, a topographical feature in ancient Rome
Lacus Juturnae, a spring and man-made religious structure in ancient Rome

Scientific

Lacus (beetle), a genus in the family Eucnemidae
Lacus may refer to a lunar mare; see List of maria on the Moon:

Lacus may also refer to similar features on other celestial bodies:

Ontario Lacus on Titan, a moon of Saturn
Solis Lacus on Mars

Fictional characters

Lacus Clyne from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny anime.

Associations

Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States

See also

Lacuna (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

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