Luana
See also: luana
English
Proper noun
Luana
- A female given name.
- 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, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1912, Vol.35, 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 […]
- 1845 Lowell Offering, Misses Curtis and Farley, Vol.4, page 250 ("Nepomiwassit" by "J.L.B"):
Hawaiian
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /luˈa.na/, [luˈwɐnə]
References
- 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.
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