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Canaque

/kəˈnæk/

Canaque is the alternative spelling of Kanak.

Meaning of Kanak

Noun

Kanak (plural Kanaks or Kanak)

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

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Forms of Canaque

pluralCanaques

Questions about Canaque

What is Canaque the alternative spelling of?
Canaque is the alternative spelling of Kanak.
How do you pronounce Canaque?
Canaque is pronounced /kəˈnæk/.

Words near Canaque in the dictionary

  1. canape
  2. canapes
  3. canaphite
  4. canapé
  5. canapés
  6. Canaque
  7. Canaques
  8. Canara
  9. canard
  10. canarded
  11. canarding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Canaque (page history and authors); Kanak (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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