Kanaka

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Kanaka may refer to:

• Kanaka (term), a word meaning 'people' or 'person' used by various Polynesian people to refer to themselves
• Kanak people, the indigenous Melanesian residents of New Caledonia
• Kanaka Maoli, native subject of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• Kanaka (Pacific Island worker), workers from Pacific Islands employed in British colonies and in North American fur trade and goldfields
  • Kanaka Bar, British Columbia, an unincorporated area in the Fraser Canyon of British Columbia. The Canadian National Railway railway-point at this location is also named Kanaka
  • Kanaka Bar First Nation, the Nlaka'pamux First Nations government at Kanaka Bar, British Columbia
  • Kanaka Creek, British Columbia, a historical settlement and modern neighbourhood in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
  • Kanaka Creek Regional Park, a regional park run by the Greater Vancouver Regional District, in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
• Kanaka (actress), Indian Film actress
• Kanaka Dasa, Kannada poet

See also

• Native Hawaiians or kānaka ʻōiwi
• 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
• Tangata manu
• Owyhee (disambiguation)