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Luana

Luana proper noun: a female given name originating as a coinage.

Proper noun

Luana

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • Young Eagle, with a proud heart, led Luana forth to the mossy bank of the river,1845 Lowell Offering, Misses Curtis and Farley, Vol.4, page 250 ("Nepomiwassit" by "J.L.B")
    • 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 […]1912, The Bookman, volume 35, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 168

Origin of Luana

American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna.

Questions about Luana

What does Luana mean?
Luana means a female given name originating as a coinage.
What part of speech is Luana?
Luana is a proper noun.

Words near Luana in the dictionary

  1. Lualaba
  2. Lualhati
  3. Luallen
  4. Luallens
  5. luan
  6. Luana
  7. luanchari
  8. Luanchuan
  9. Luanda
  10. Luang
  11. Luang Namtha

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