Quote: (04-15-2012 06:34 PM)Athlone McGinnis Wrote:
Quote: (04-14-2012 02:55 PM)HiFlo Wrote:
how does "half japanese" become hapa? I see no resemble
"half japanese"
That's incorrect. It's short for hapa haloe, a Hawaiian term to describe someone of:
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part-white ancestry or origin; especially : of white and Hawaiian ancestry
Source:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hapa%20haole