Kanak
Meaning
An indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəˈnæk/
Etymology
First attested in 1910, borrowed from French canaque, from English kanaka (“Pacific islander”), from Hawaiian kanaka (“person”).
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