KANAKA
\kanˈɑːkə], \kanˈɑːkə], \k_a_n_ˈɑː_k_ə]\
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ka-nak'a, n. a Hawaiian or Sandwich Islander: one of the native labourers brought from the Pacific islands, on engagement for a certain fixed number of years, to Australia, &c. [Hawaiian, 'a man.']
By Thomas Davidson
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Native of South Sea Islands, esp. one employed in Queensland on sugar plantation.
By Sir Augustus Henry