Lanai vs. Loggia — What's the Difference?

Lanai (Hawaiian: Lānaʻi, Hawaiian: [laːˈnɐʔi, naːˈnɐʔi], , also US: ,) is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation.

A loggia ( LOH-j(ee-)ə, usually UK: LOJ-(ee-)ə, Italian: [ˈlɔddʒa]) is an architectural feature which is a covered exterior gallery or corridor usually on an upper level, or sometimes ground level. The outer wall is open to the elements, usually supported by a series of columns or arches.

A porch or veranda.

An open-sided, roofed or vaulted gallery, either free-standing or along the front or side of a building, often at an upper level.

A veranda or roofed patio.

An open balcony in a theater.

A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.

(architecture) A roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level.

An island in the Hawaiian chain.

A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.

A veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room.

A roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level

An island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area

A veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room