Lani

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See also: lani, laní, lání, and łani

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Hawaiian Lani.

Proper noun[edit]

Lani

  1. (chiefly US) A female given name from Hawaiian.
    • 1940, Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, v.109, July-December 1940, page 106:
      Until then he had not thought of following Lani Aldrich to Honolulu. He had been so sure that she would return to him.
  2. (rare) A male given name.
    • 2002, Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page XI:
      Lani pronounced his name Lonny, and someone told me it had been spelled that way at one time. [] Lonny is a boy's name. Who knows what Lani is?

Etymology 2[edit]

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Noun[edit]

Lani pl (plural only)

  1. An indigenous people of Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua.

Anagrams[edit]

Hawaiian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lani (sky; royalty). Also a short form of the numerous Hawaiian compound names ending in -lani.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.ni/, [ˈlɐ.ni]

Proper noun[edit]

Lani

  1. a female given name from Hawaiian
  2. (rare) a male given name from Hawaiian

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Lani

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