Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Kanaka"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kanacka \Ka*nack"a\, Kanaka \Ka*na"ka\, n. [Native name, prop.,
a man.]
A native of the Sandwich Islands.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blackbird \Black"bird\, n.
1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian. [Cant]
2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called
also {Kanaka}. [Australia]
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