Kanak

Meaning

An indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia.

Translations

canaco

Canac

Canaco

Canaque

Kanaks

Kanak

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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