Lanai
English
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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
Proper noun
Lanai
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Translations
Island in Hawaii
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