lanai
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 5
/ləˈnaɪ/
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/ləˈnaɪ/ · /lɑːˈnaɪ/
Definition of lanai
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Florida, Hawaii)A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
“‘If they vomit in the lanai, that's for the butler to handle.’”
“In Honolulu, Nancy Peacock, an architect, said her clients increasingly requested “punees,” as daybeds are known in Hawaii — sometimes on the lanai, the covered porch of the house.”
“Afterward, Lili‘u and Stevenson found time to talk quietly with each other on the bungalow's lānai.”
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noun
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(Florida, Hawaii)A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
“‘If they vomit in the lanai, that's for the butler to handle.’”
“In Honolulu, Nancy Peacock, an architect, said her clients increasingly requested “punees,” as daybeds are known in Hawaii — sometimes on the lanai, the covered porch of the house.”
“Afterward, Lili‘u and Stevenson found time to talk quietly with each other on the bungalow's lānai.”
name
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The sixth largest island of Hawaii, mostly privately owned.
“While in Hawaii, he [Elon Musk] has resided at places owned by the billionaire Larry Ellison on the island of Lanai.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Hawaiian lānai.
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