Lani

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Lani^¹

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Borrowed from Hawaiian Lani.

proper noun

US A female given name from Hawaiian. Until then he had not thought of following Lani Aldrich to Honolulu. He had been so sure that she would return to him.
rare A male given name. Lani pronounced his name Lonny, and someone told me it had been spelled that way at one time. […] Lonny is a boy's name. Who knows what Lani is?

Lani^²

noun

plural, plural only An indigenous people of Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua.

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"Lani." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lani. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Lani. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lani

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"Lani." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lani.

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@misc{lani_2026,
  title = {Lani},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lani},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}