Luana

luana English Etymology American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna. Proper noun en female coinages. 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, en 1912 w:The Bookman Dodd, Mead and Company 35 168 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 en 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. Anagrams en aalnu Naula lauan Hawaiian Etymology Borrowed from haw en Luana. Made known in Hawaii by the play (1912) and film (1932) Bird of Paradise and later explained as Hawaiian haw luana leisure. Pronunciation Proper noun haw proper noun haw female English 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. Italian Proper noun f it female Portuguese Pronunciation pt Lu a na Proper noun f + pt female