Meaning of Kanaka Maoli | Babel Free

Definitions

Native Hawaiians of Polynesian descent.

uncountable

Examples

“Many contemporary Hawaiians reject both the English name and concept to assert instead that Kanaka Maoli should be identified as a people with a particular relationship to specific places and people.”

“Joseph Nawahi leaves an important legacy for following generations about the nature and purpose of Kanaka Maoli and indigenous art.”

“Kanaka Maoli quickly noticed the power of this technology and called to the chiefs to allow the maoli knowledge to come through alongside the missionaries' words of enlightenment, the guise for colonization.”

CEFR level