Luana
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna.
Proper noun[edit]
Luana
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
- 1845 Lowell Offering, Misses Curtis and Farley, Vol.4, page 250 ("Nepomiwassit" by "J.L.B"):
- Young Eagle, with a proud heart, led Luana forth to the mossy bank of the river,
- 1912, The Bookman, volume 35, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 168:
- The Bird of Paradise, by Mr Richard Walton Tully, is more pictorial than decorative. […] One of these characters, an American physician named Paul Wilson, sinks from civilisation to savagery because he marries a native princess named Luana […]
- 2011, R. Serge Denisoff, William D. Romanowski, Risky Business: Rock in Film:
- Luana Patten, a former Disney child star, was cast as the level-headed romantic interest.
- 1845 Lowell Offering, Misses Curtis and Farley, Vol.4, page 250 ("Nepomiwassit" by "J.L.B"):
Anagrams[edit]
Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Luana. Made known in Hawaii by the play (1912) and film (1932) Bird of Paradise and later explained as Hawaiian luana (“leisure”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Luana
- a female given name from English
References[edit]
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records The name Luana does not appear in 19th century marriage records.
Italian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Luana f
- a female given name
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Luana f
- a female given name
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