What are people from Hawaii called?


What are people from Hawaii called? Today, most people refer to the Indigenous or Native people of Hawai?i as “Hawaiians,” but what did we use to call ourselves? Kanaka, or Kanaka (pl.), refers to Hawaiian people specifically but also applies to humankind in general. Before foreign contact, all Hawaiian people were referred to generally as “Kanaka.”


What do Hawaiians call foreigners?

What does haole mean? Haole is a Hawaiian word for non-native Hawaiian or Polynesian people, often referring to white people. Usage can be in an insulting or pejorative manner, but it usually refers to a foreigner or tourist.


What race is Moana?

Inspired by Polynesian mythology, Moana is depicted as the strong-willed daughter of a chief of a Polynesian village, who is chosen by the ocean itself to reunite a mystical relic with the goddess Te Fiti.