Lani

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See also: lani, laní, lání, and łani

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian Lani.

Proper noun

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

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Noun

Lani pl (plural only)

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

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lani

  1. a female or (rarely) male given name from Hawaiian

Descendants

  • → English: Lani

References

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