lanai

See also: lānai, Lanai, and Lānaʻi

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian lānai.

Noun

lanai (plural lanais)

1. (chiefly 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”, in To Have, Hold and Cherish, Until Bedtime^[1]:

     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.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 158:

     Afterward, Lili‘u and Stevenson found time to talk quietly with each other on the bungalow's lānai.

Anagrams

• Al Ain, Alani, Alina, IANAL, Liana, liana