Message: "Re: Lanai" - Behind the Name

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[Facts] Re: Lanai

by Lysis

10/26/2007, 2:42 PM

Lanai as a porch/veranda is now in common usage in English.

The Island of Lanai's name means "Conquest Day" (Encylopedia Britannica) from Proto-Polynesian la'â, day + *ngaki, conquer

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