 In Vietnamese, "Đầm san hô" refers to an atoll lagoon, whilst "Đầm phá" is coastal.In Latin America, the term "laguna" in Spanish, which lagoon translates to, may be used for a small fresh water lake in a similar way a creek is considered a small river.However, sometimes it is popularly used to describe a full-sized lake, such as Laguna Catemaco in Mexico, which is actually the third largest lake by area in the country.