Kanak

noun

Ka·nak kə-ˈnäk

-ˈnak

: a native Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia

Examples of Kanak in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The measure was aimed at giving greater representation to the Kanak population, who make up about 40% of the population. —

Ben Westcott, Fortune Asia, 23 May 2024 Starting in the 1970s, in the wake of a nickel boom that drew outsiders, tensions rose on the island, with various conflicts between Paris and Kanak independence movements. —

Gabriel Stargardter, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024 Protests erupted last week following legislative changes that could reduce the voting power of the indigenous Kanak community. —

Diane Brady, Fortune, 21 May 2024 Political tensions have simmered for years in the archipelago — pitting the island's largely pro-independence Indigenous Kanak communities against the mostly French inhabitants opposed to breaking away from France. —

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 15 May 2024

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