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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 and early 20th centuries. They also worked in California and Chile (see Easter Island and Rapanui people as related subjects).

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  • كاناكا (عامل بجزر المحيط الهادئ) (ar)
  • Kanakas (it)
  • Kanaka (Pacific Island worker) (en)
  • カナカ族 (ja)
  • Kanakas (sv)
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  • I Kanakas erano abitanti delle isole dell'Oceano Pacifico impiegati per lavorare in condizioni di semischiavitù in varie colonie dell'Impero britannico, come ad esempio le Figi, il Queensland (Australia) e la Columbia Britannica (Canada), ma anche in California, nel periodo fra il XIX secolo ed il XX secolo. (it)
  • カナカ族 (カナカぞく、Kanakas) とは、パラオ、ミクロネシア、マーシャル諸島等の島々の住民を一般的に呼ぶ俗称。広義には、太平洋諸島の住民一般をさした。 ポリネシア語で「人」あるいは「男」を意味する「タガタ」(tangata)が音韻変化によりカナカとなった。 英語、特にオーストラリアでは、太平洋諸島からオーストラリアにつれてこられた労働者をさした。 (ja)
  • Kanakas var förr i Stilla havets historia öbor som kidnappades och anställdes av vita jordbrukare genom lärlingskontrakt. Detta olagliggjordes i Det australiska statsförbundet, 1901. Anställningen av kanakas jämförs ibland med slaveri. (sv)
  • كاناكا هو مصطلح كان يطلق على العمال من مختلف أنحاء جزر المحيط الهادئ العاملون بالمستعمرات البريطانية مثل كولومبيا البريطانية (كندا)، وفيجي وكوينزلاند (أستراليا) في القرن التاسع عشر وأوائل القرن العشرين. ولقد كانوا يعملون كذلك في كاليفورنيا وتشيلي (انظر جزيرة القيامة وشعب رابا نوي كموضوعات ذات صلة). (ar)
  • 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 and early 20th centuries. They also worked in California and Chile (see Easter Island and Rapanui people as related subjects). (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Loyalty_Islanders_employed_as_sailors_on_the_New_Caledonian_coast,_c._1906.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nla_pic-an24494586_south_sea_islanders.jpg
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