Kanak

See also: kanak

English

Alternative forms

Canaque

Etymology

First attested in 1910, borrowed from French canaque, from English kanaka (“Pacific islander”), from Hawaiian kanaka (“person”).

Noun

Kanak (plural Kanaks or Kanak)

An indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia.

Translations

indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia

French: canaque (fr) m or f, Kanak (fr) m, Canaque (fr) m or f
German: Kanake (de) m

Japanese: カナック (Kanakku)
Russian: кана́к (ru) m (kanák)

See also

Canuck
Kanaky
Kaneka, Kanéka

Anagrams

Knaak

French

Noun

Kanak m (plural Kanaks)

Kanak

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