lanai
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Hawaiian lanai.
Noun [edit]
lanai (plural lanais)
- (chiefly in Hawaii) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 22:
- ‘If they vomit in the lanai, that's for the butler to handle.’
- 2007 March 11, Tracie Rozhon, “To Have, Hold and Cherish, Until Bedtime”:
- 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.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 22:
Anagrams [edit]
Hawaiian [edit]
Noun [edit]
lanai
- A roofed patio.
