Kanacka \Ka*nack"a\, Kanaka \Ka*na"ka\, n. [Native name, prop., a man.] A native of the Sandwich Islands. [1913 Webster]
Blackbird \Black"bird\, n. 1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian. [Cant, pejorative] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called also {Kanaka}. [Australia, pejorative] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]