Lanai

See also: lanai, lānai, and Lānaʻi

English

Alternative forms

  • Lana'i

Etymology

From Hawaiian Lānaʻi, probably from lā (“day”) + naʻi (“conquest”), usually taken to reference an occasion when the wayward Mauian prince Kauluāʻau supposedly brought order to the island by expelling its ghosts and demons.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləˈnaɪ/

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Lanai

  1. The sixth largest island of Hawaii, mostly privately owned.
    • 2024 December 30, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Ryan Mac, “How Elon Musk Has Planted Himself Almost Literally at Trump’s Doorstep”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      While in Hawaii, he [Elon Musk] has resided at places owned by the billionaire Larry Ellison on the island of Lanai.

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