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LANAI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lanai" is a kind of...):

gallery; veranda; verandah (a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed))

Domain region:

Aloha State; Haw.; Hawai'i; Hawaii; HI (a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area

Synonyms:

Lanai; Lanai Island

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Lanai" is a part of...):

H.I.; Hawaiian Islands; Sandwich Islands (a group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific)

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