Kanaka

Kanaka may refer to:

• Kanaka, a word, meaning 'people' or 'person', used by various Polynesian people to refer to themselves; shortened to Kanak in some Melanesian countries such as New Caledonia
• Kanaka (Pacific Island worker), workers from Pacific Islands employed in British colonies and in North American fur trade and goldfields
• Kanaka Maoli, native subject of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• Kanaka (actress), Indian Film actress
• 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 Dasa, Kannada poet
• Kanaka Durga Temple, a famous Hindu Temple of Goddess Kanaka Durga located in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The temple is located on the Indrakeeladri hill, on the banks of Krishna River
• Kanaka Simhasanam, a 2006 Malayalam film directed by Rajasenan. The film stars Jayaram, Karthika, and Lakshmi Gopalaswamy in the lead

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
• Owyhee (disambiguation)