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1823 C. S. Stewart Jrnl. 28 Apr. (1828) v. 97 The chiefs were all under one ranai, or rude bower.

1826 W. Ellis Narr. Tour Hawaii xiv. 387 At half-past ten, the bell rung for public worship, and about 800 people..assembled under a large ranai (a placed sheltered from the sun) formed by two large canvass awnings, and a number of platted cocoa-nut leaves, spread over the place from posts fixed in the fence which enclosed the court-yard around the house of the governor's wife.

a1869 L. Smith in M. D. Frear Lowell & Abigail (1934) 124 We soon found that the school house did not accomodate one half of the congregation; and we built a large lanai in the front yard and covered it with rushes for them to sit upon, a la Hawaii.

1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator iii. 61 Nearly every house [in Honolulu] has what is called a lanai. It is a large apartment, roofed, floored, open on three sides, with a door or a draped archway opening into the drawing-room.

1898 M. H. Krout Hawaii v. 93 On these verandahs or in the lanai the family practically lives.

1937 D. Teilhet & H. Teilhet Feather Cloak Murders x. 174 The wide windows opening upon an immense lanai, or porch, with cool overhanging eaves.

1945 L. Mumford City Devel. (1946) 81 Without it, adequate gardens are impossible and the private lanai, even when provided, is stuffy.

1947 M. Lowry Under Volcano ix. 272 He sat on the lanai sipping okoolihao and singing plaintive Hawaiian songs.

1963 D. B. Hughes Expendable Man ii. 31 Sliding glass lanai doors opened to a vast expanse of close-cropped green.

1964 D. Teilhet Big Runaround ii. 30 She hadn't ever seen a couch this wide, she said; and I explained that it was called a lanai-couch.

1969 New Yorker 31 May 95/2 (advt.) 1000 air-conditioned rooms, tower suites and lanais surrounding the..swimming pool.