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hapas

hapas is the plural of hapa.

Meaning of hapa

Noun (1)

hapa (plural hapas)

  1. (California, Hawaii) A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially half East or Southeast Asian or Pacific Islander and half White.
    • It's what my fiancé and I call ourselves, and how we think of the children we might have: second-generation hapas.
      But as the term grows in popularity, so does debate over how it should be used. Some people argue that hapa is a slur and should be retired.2016 August 8, Akemi Johnson, “Who Gets To Be 'Hapa'?”, in NPR, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2021

Noun (2)

hapa (plural hapas)

  1. A mesh cage-like structure placed in the water to hold fish.
    • Usually one female is placed into a hapa with two males to insure that fertilization occurs.2015, M. Chakroff, P. Corps, Freshwater Fish Pond Culture and Management, page 148

Questions about hapas

What is hapas the plural of?
Hapas is the plural of hapa.

Words near hapas in the dictionary

  1. hapalote
  2. hapalotes
  3. hapantotype
  4. hapantotypes
  5. Haparanda
  6. hapas
  7. hapatoma
  8. hapatotoxin
  9. hapax
  10. hapax legomena
  11. hapax legomenon

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