Kanake

See also: kanake

German

Alternative forms

  • Kanacke (wog)

Etymology

From Polynesian kanaka "human being". Brought by seafarers, initially as an honour title since the Kanaks were considered to be loyal people.

Noun

Kanake m (genitive Kanaken, plural Kanaken)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) wog (person of Middle Eastern or North African looks, particularly a Turk)
  2. Kanak or Canaque, a member of the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific.

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