Kanakとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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• Canaque

語源

First attested in 1910, borrowed from French canaque, from English kanaka (“Pacific islander”), from Hawaiian kanaka (“person”).

発音

• IPA: /kəˈnæk/

名詞

Kanak (plural Kanaks or Kanak)

1. An indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia.
   • 2024 May 17, Julien Mazzoni, “New Caledonia riots: parts of territory ‘out of state control’, French representative says”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     In the working-class districts of Nouméa, which have a high population of indigenous Kanak residents, buildings were burned and wrecked vehicles remained in the middle of the road.

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アナグラム

• Knaak