Lanai
//ləˈnaɪ// name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. Florida, Hawaii
"‘If they vomit in the lanai, that's for the butler to handle.’"
- 2 a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The sixth largest island of Hawaii, mostly privately owned.
"While in Hawaii, he [Elon Musk] has resided at places owned by the billionaire Larry Ellison on the island of Lanai."
Example
More examples"‘If they vomit in the lanai, that's for the butler to handle.’"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Hawaiian lānai.
Etymology 2
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.
More for "lanai"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.