[Mick]

Haole is another great one. I remember someone saying it means "foreigner", but that's not how it's used. It's used to describe white people, but it doesn't distinguish between locals and visitors.

My Hawaiian cousin tells me that it originally meant "foreigner" (sort of like gai-jin) and predated Captain Cook.  The caucasians showed up first and in numbers, so the term genericized to mean caucasians.

[Mick]

Haole is another great one. I remember someone saying it means "foreigner", but that's not how it's used. It's used to describe white people, but it doesn't distinguish between locals and visitors.

My Hawaiian cousin tells me that it originally meant "foreigner" (sort of like gai-jin) and predated Captain Cook.  The caucasians showed up first and in numbers, so the term genericized to mean caucasians.