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Kanaka (given name) Kanaka is an Indian given name. The Sanskrit word ' has the primary meaning "gold". Notable persons with the name include: * Kanaka (actress) (born 1973), South Indian film actress * Kanaka Dasa (1509 – 1609), Kannada-language poet, philosopher, ...

, an Indian name (including a list of persons with the name) **

Kanaka (actress) Kanaka Mahalakshmi Devadoss, known Mononym, mononymously as Kanaka, is an Indian former actress who appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, Malayalam language films. She is known of her role in her debut Tami ...

, Indian film actress *

Kanaka (Pacific Island worker) Kanakas were workers (a mix of voluntary and involuntary) from various Pacific Islands employed in British colonies, such as British Columbia (Canada), Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and Queensland (Australia) in the 19th ...

, workers from Pacific Islands employed in British colonies and in North American fur trade and goldfields *

Kānaka Maoli Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians; , , , and ) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiʻi was settled at least 800 years ago by Polynesians w ...

, the traditional name native of the Hawaiian people

Places

Kanaka Bar, British Columbia Kanaka Bar is an unincorporated community and locality in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, Canada, located near the town of Lytton. Named for a gold-bearing bar on the Fraser River below, which was mined by Hawaiians (called "Kanak ...

, an unincorporated area in the Fraser Canyon of British Columbia *

Kanaka Creek, British Columbia Kanaka Creek is an historic rural residential area located within Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, along the banks of the creek of the same name just east of the district's main town and commercial core of Haney. Just east is Albion and ...

, a historical settlement and modern neighbourhood in the District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada *

Kanaka Creek Regional Park Kanaka Creek Regional Park is a regional park of the Greater Vancouver Regional District, located in the city of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, flanking both sides of Kanaka Creek from its confluence with the Fraser ...

, a regional park run by the Greater Vancouver Regional District, in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada *

Kanaka, Crimea Kanaka (Russian language, Russian and ; ) is a resort located at the foot of the Crimean Mountains on the Southern Coast (Crimea), Southern Coast of Crimea, between the cities of Alushta and Sudak, east of the village of Rybache. The resort is si ...

, Black sea resort town

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Kanaka pigeon The Kanaka pigeon (''Caloenas canacorum''), also known as the great green pigeon or greater maned pigeon, is an extinct species of pigeon. It was probably hunted to extinction by the early settlers of New Caledonia and Tonga around 2,500 yea ...

, an extinct bird of New Caledonia and Tonga * ''Kanaka'', the Sanskrit name for a species of ''

Datura ''Datura'' is a genus of nine species of highly poisonous, Vespertine (biology), vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family (Solanaceae). They are commonly known as thornapples or jimsonweeds, but are also known as devil's t ...

'' * ''Kanaka'' (film), a 2018 Indian romantic action film * Kanaka Bar First Nation, the Nlaka'pamux First Nations government at the Kanaka Bar, British Columbia * Kanaka Shree, an award instituted by the government of Karnataka, India

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