a veranda or open-sided living room of a kind found in Hawaii
Origin of lanai
Hawaiian l?nai
The lanai of an oceanfront home.
- An example of a lanai is a covered and tiled area outside of a condominium in Hawaii.
- An example of Lanai is an island in the Hawaiian island which is west of Maui.
The definition of a lanai is a patio or open-sided living area, or is one the Hawaiian islands.
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Lanai
one of the Hawaiian Islands, west of Maui: 141 sq mi (365 sq km)
Origin of Lanai
Hawaiian L?-na'i, literally , day of conquest from Proto-Polynesian an unverified form la'?, day + an unverified form ngaki, conquerWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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lanai
noun
pl. la·naisA veranda or roofed patio.
Origin of lanai
Hawaiian lānaiLanai
or La·na'i
An island of central Hawaii west of Maui. It was used for pineapple production for much of the 1900s.
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Sentence Examples
- Whether you're on Maui, Kauai, Lanai, Oahu, Molokai, or the Big Island, you will want to know about one day tours that are available on each of these beautiful islands.
- The state of Hawaii consists of eight primary islands: Niihau, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island of Hawaii.
- When you check into a hotel, you may be asked if you prefer a room with or without a lanai.
- Kahoolawe and Lanai are both privately owned.
- M., distributed as follows: Hawaii, 4210; Maui, 728; Oahu, about 600; Kauai, 547; Molokai, 261; Lanai, 139; Niihau, 97; Kahoolawe, 69.
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