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kanaka

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kanaka /kəˈnäkə, kəˈnɑkə /
▸ noun a native of Hawaii.
▪ historical a Pacific Islander employed as an indentured laborer in Australia, especially in the sugar and cotton plantations of Queensland.
– ORIGIN Hawaiian, literally ‘man’.