as in porch
a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building
a low-slung Hawaiian beach house with an open-sided lanai to catch the tropical breezes
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Watch outriggers glide down the Ala Wai from your breezy rooftop lanai while sipping a cup of Kona coffee, then pop down to Redfish for a proper bowl of poke.
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Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
North Fort Myers resident Scott Fincher was sitting on the lanai of his Pine Lakes community home with his family, waiting for Milton.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
At a home in Wellington, a resident explains hearing a tornado siren go off, then rip through her neighborhood, destroying her lanai and flooding her pool with debris including tree limbs and portions of the home.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Bordering the great room, a wrap-around lanai overlooks the ocean and mountains, the chirps and clicks of myna birds all around.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
North Fort Myers resident Scott Fincher was sitting on the lanai of his Pine Lakes community home with his family, waiting for Milton.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
At a home in Wellington, a resident explains hearing a tornado siren go off, then rip through her neighborhood, destroying her lanai and flooding her pool with debris including tree limbs and portions of the home.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Bordering the great room, a wrap-around lanai overlooks the ocean and mountains, the chirps and clicks of myna birds all around.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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