POLYNESIA
NOUNS, PERSON
1820 ► KANAKA a Hawaiian native, esp. a man; formerly applied to other Polynesian islanders → chiefly Hawaii usage, often derogatory
1863 ► DARKIE → DARKY a Polynesian person → NZ
1942 ► MONKEY-CHASER a South Sea Islander, a Polynesian → Amer. sl.
1998 ► POTATO a Polynesian, brown on the outside, white within → NZ sl. (Bk.)
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