kanak

English - English

Definition of kanak in English English dictionary

Indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia

Related Terms

Kanak Sprak

{i} German sociolect created in the late 1980s by young Turkish men

French - English

Definition of kanak in French English dictionary

kanake

Hyphenation

ka·nak

Etymology

[ k&-'näk, -'nak ] (noun.) 1910. 1910. From French canaque, probably kanaka (“a Hawaiian”) Hawaiian kanaka (“person”).