Luana
See also: luana
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