 Similarly, in the Baltic, Danish has the specific "Nor" (), and German the specifics "Bodden" and "Haff" (), as well as generic terms derived from "laguna".In New Zealand the Maori word "hapua" refers to a coastal lagoon formed at the mouth of a braided river where there is mixed sand and gravel beaches, while the word "waituna" is the more general term.Some languages differentiate between coastal and atoll lagoons