Kanaka may refer to:
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Kanak people
The Kanak (French language, French spelling until 1984: Canaque) are the Indigenous peoples of Oceania, indigenous Melanesians, Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, Pacifi ...
, the indigenous Melanesian residents of New Caledonia
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kanaka maoli
Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, First Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians) ( haw, kānaka, , , and ), are the indigenous ethnic group of Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands.
Hawaii ...
'', traditional name native of the Hawaiian people
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Kanaka (Pacific Island worker)
Kanakas were workers (a mix of voluntary and involuntary) from various Pacific Islands employed in British colonies, such as British Columbia (Canada), Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Queensland (Australia) in the 19 ...
, workers from Pacific Islands employed in British colonies and in North American fur trade and goldfields
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Kanaka Bar, British Columbia
Kanaka Bar is an unincorporated community and locality in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, Canada, located near the town of Lytton. Named for a gold-bearing bar on the Fraser River below, which was mined by Hawaiians (called "Kanak ...
, an unincorporated area in the Fraser Canyon of British Columbia
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Kanaka Bar First Nation, the Nlaka'pamux First Nations government at the Kanaka Bar, British Columbia
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Kanaka Creek, British Columbia
Kanaka Creek is an historic rural residential area located within Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, along the banks of the creek of the same name just east of the district's main town and commercial core of Haney. Just east is Albion an ...
, a historical settlement and modern neighbourhood in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
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Kanaka Creek Regional Park
Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the city of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser River just east of Haney and ...
, a regional park run by the Greater Vancouver Regional District, in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
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Kanaka (given name), an Indian name (including a list of persons with the name)
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Kanaka (actress)
Kanaka is a former Indian actress.
Personal life
Kanaka is the daughter of Tamil actress Devika. She is also the great-granddaughter of Telugu cinema's first sound film's producer Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu.
Career
She started her career as a ...
, Indian film actress
* ''Kanaka'', the Sanskrit term for a species of ''
Datura''
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''Kanaka'' (film), a 2018 Indian Kannada romantic action film
See also
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Kanaka Shree
The Kanaka Shree is an award instituted by the Government of Karnataka to recognize and honour individuals who contribute to the promotion of the values and literature of Kanakadasa
Kanaka Dasa (1509–1609) was a Haridasa saint and philoso ...
, an award instituted by the government of Karnataka, India
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Kanaka pigeon
The Kanaka pigeon (''Caloenas canacorum''), also known as the great green pigeon or greater maned pigeon, is an extinct species of pigeon. It was probably hunted to extinction by the early settlers of New Caledonia and Tonga around 2,500 yea ...
, an extinct bird of New Caledonia and Tonga
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Native Hawaiians or ''kānaka ʻōiwi''
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Kanake
Kanake (or Kanacke, Kanaa(c)k; pl. ''Kanacken'' or ''Kanaks/Kanax'') is a German slur for people from German-speaking countries with roots from Italy, Spain, Russia, Southeast Europe, the Near and Middle East, as well as North Africa. It is also ...
, racial epithet in the German language, derived from the Melanesian term
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Tāngata whenua, a Māori term of the indigenous peoples of New Zealand and literally means "people of the land", from ''tāngata'' ("people") and ''whenua'' ("land")
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Tangata manu
The ''Tangata manu'' ("bird-man," from "human beings" + "bird") was the winner of a traditional competition on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The ritual was an annual competition to collect the first sooty tern () egg of the season from the islet of ...
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Owyhee (disambiguation) Owyhee or Owhyhee is an older English spelling of ''Hawaii'', used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is found in the names of certain locations in the American part of the Pacific Northwest, which were explored and mapped by expeditions ...
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