How do you pronounce Lanai? (Hawaiian...

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Registered: 02-24-2004
How do you pronounce Lanai? (Hawaiian...
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Wed, 02-23-2005 - 3:32pm

How do you pronounce Lanai? (Hawaiian meaning for terrace or veranda)



  • Lanai = Li-nay (like Renee with an L)
  • Lanai = Lan-eye (like your "eye" ball)


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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 02-24-2005 - 10:06am

I'm pretty sure that Hawaiian doesn't have a long A sound, so I chose "eye".

BTW - Isn't Lanai what Southerners call a patio? I may be wrong on that, I'm basing it on years of watching "Golden Girls".

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Registered: 04-01-2003
Thu, 02-24-2005 - 8:06pm
Having lived in Hawaii, it's the pronounciation that rhymes with -eye-.