Hyphenation
li·doTurkish pronunciation
lidōPronunciation
/ˈlēdō/ /ˈliːdoʊ/
Etymology
() After Lido (Lido di Venezia|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”) (from whence also English littoral (“of the shore”)). The name is aspirational, evoking glamorous Venice – compare the Venetian Pool|Venetian Pool]], another outdoor pool named for Venice.