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Kanaka definition

Ka·naka (kə nak′ə, -nä′kə; kan′ə kə)

noun

  1. a Hawaiian
  2. a person born in the South Sea Islands

Etymology: Haw, man < Proto-Polynesian *tangata, man, person

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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