what is a lanai
LÄnaÊ»i (/lÉËnaÉª/; Hawaiian: [laËËnÉÊi] or [naËËnÉÊi]) is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is also known as Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The island's only settlement of note is the small town of LÄnaÊ»i City. As of 2012, the island was 98% owned by Larry Ellison (Founder and Chairman of Oracle), with the remaining 2% owned by the state of Hawaii. LÄnaÊ»i is a roughly comma-shaped island with a width of 18 miles (29 km) in the longest direction.