Pronunciation: ˌ hä-p ə - ' hau ̇ -l ē , -( ˌ )l ā
Function: adjective
Etymology: Hawaiian, from hapa half (fr. English half ) + haole
Date: 1919
: of part-white ancestry or origin especially : of white and Hawaiian ancestry
Pronunciation: ˌ hä-p ə - ' hau ̇ -l ē , -( ˌ )l ā
Function: adjective
Etymology: Hawaiian, from hapa half (fr. English half ) + haole
Date: 1919
: of part-white ancestry or origin especially : of white and Hawaiian ancestry
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012