Luana

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English

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Etymology

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American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna.

Proper noun

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Luana

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • 1845 Lowell Offering, Misses Curtis and Farley, Vol.4, page 250 ("Nepomiwassit" by "J.L.B"):
      Young Eagle, with a proud heart, led Luana forth to the mossy bank of the river,
    • 1912, The Bookman, volume 35, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 168:
      The Bird of Paradise, by Mr Richard Walton Tully, is more pictorial than decorative. [] One of these characters, an American physician named Paul Wilson, sinks from civilisation to savagery because he marries a native princess named Luana []
    • 2011, R. Serge Denisoff, William D. Romanowski, Risky Business: Rock in Film:
      Luana Patten, a former Disney child star, was cast as the level-headed romantic interest.

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Luana. Made known in Hawaii by the play (1912) and film (1932) Bird of Paradise and later explained as Hawaiian luana (leisure).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /luˈa.na/, [luˈwɐ.nə]

Proper noun

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Luana

  1. a female given name from English

References

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  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records The name Luana does not appear in 19th century marriage records.

Italian

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Proper noun

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Luana f

  1. a female given name

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /luˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [lʊˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /luˈɐ.na/ [lʊˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwɐ.na/
 

Proper noun

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Luana f

  1. a female given name