lani

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of lani

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (US)A female given name from Hawaiian.
    “Until then he had not thought of following Lani Aldrich to Honolulu. He had been so sure that she would return to him.”
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name

  1. (US)A female given name from Hawaiian.
    “Until then he had not thought of following Lani Aldrich to Honolulu. He had been so sure that she would return to him.”
  2. (rare)A male given name.
    “Lani pronounced his name Lonny, and someone told me it had been spelled that way at one time. […] Lonny is a boy's name. Who knows what Lani is?”

noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)An indigenous people of Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian Lani.

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