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kanaka
noun
[ kəˈnakə ]
• a native or inhabitant of Hawaii.
• a Pacific Islander employed as an indentured labourer in Australia, especially in the sugar and cotton plantations of Queensland.
Origin:
Hawaiian, literally ‘man’.
