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Definition of Lanais
1. lanai [n] - See also: lanai
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanais
Literary usage of Lanais
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bermuda Alive! by Harriet Greenberg (2000)
"The lanais were built at angles that offer each private terrace some privacy
where guests can enjoy a quiet breakfast. The suites, in cottages, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"... and reached with the other as iar as the lanais. in the reign of Ins father,
Ar- cadius, a band of adventurous Huns had ravaged the provinces of the ..."
3. The Histories of Polybius by Polybius, Friedrich Otto Hultsch, Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1889)
"... and he adds that, on his return thence, he traversed the whole of the coast
of Europe _ . , - from Gades to the lanais. But we cannot believe that a ..."
4. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Frederick Thomas White, Owen Davies Tudor, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1877)
"In lanais v. Brant, 10 Howard, 348, it was, nevertheless, held, on a writ of
error to the circuit court for the district of Missouri, that open and ..."
5. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain (1899)
"There: rugs, ices, pictures, lanais, worldly books, sinful bric-a-brac fetched
from everywhere. And the ladies riding astride. These are changes, indeed. ..."
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