name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Kanak
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəˈnæk/
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 N AH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कनक (kanaka).
First attested in 1910, borrowed from French canaque, from English kanaka (“Pacific islander”), from Hawaiian kanaka (“person”).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: canaque — indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia
- French: Kanak — indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia
- French: Kanake — indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia
- French: Canaque — indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia
- German: Kanake — indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia
- German: Kanakin — indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia
- Japanese: カナック (Kanakku) — indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia
- Russian: кана́к (kanák) — indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia
- Spanish: canaco — indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia