"Luana" meaning in English

See Luana in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Luana
  1. A female given name originating as a coinage. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Luana-en-name-xZQJj1rp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1845 Lowell Offering, Misses Curtis and Farley, Vol.4, page 250 (\"Nepomiwassit\" by \"J.L.B\")",
          "text": "Young Eagle, with a proud heart, led Luana forth to the mossy bank of the river,"
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          "ref": "1912, The Bookman, volume 35, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 168",
          "text": "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 […]",
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