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Definition of hapa in English: hapanoun ˈhɑːpəˈhäpə US A person who is partially of Asian or Pacific Islander descent. many larger universities have organizations for hapas, or societies based on bi- or multi-ethnic awareness Example sentencesExamples - So the hapas will go off to debate their issues and the mixed Africans and the Asians theirs.
- He wandered over to the barbecue grill where I was talking to another guest, a photographer and fellow Hapa.
- He grew up in polyglot Oahu, a hapa – the Hawaiian term for someone of mixed heritage – in a place full of hapas.
- Being a hapa means feeling forever uneasy, no matter where you are or who you're with, white or Asian.
- That's me, yes, I'm a hapa too, a baby born of war to a Vietnamese mother and a American serviceman.
- Actually there are 1.6 million hapas in the United States.
- It's perfectly normal for hapas to deal with identity issues.
- Back home, a hapa may just be considered as "exotic" but here, it feels like we're recognized as the future.
Origin Hawaiian, literally 'half'. Definition of hapa in US English: hapanounˈhäpə US A person who is partially of Asian or Pacific Islander descent. some academics theorized that by the turn of the century Asian America would be comprised mostly of hapas Example sentencesExamples - That's me, yes, I'm a hapa too, a baby born of war to a Vietnamese mother and a American serviceman.
- Back home, a hapa may just be considered as "exotic" but here, it feels like we're recognized as the future.
- Actually there are 1.6 million hapas in the United States.
- It's perfectly normal for hapas to deal with identity issues.
- So the hapas will go off to debate their issues and the mixed Africans and the Asians theirs.
- He wandered over to the barbecue grill where I was talking to another guest, a photographer and fellow Hapa.
- He grew up in polyglot Oahu, a hapa – the Hawaiian term for someone of mixed heritage – in a place full of hapas.
- Being a hapa means feeling forever uneasy, no matter where you are or who you're with, white or Asian.
Origin Hawaiian, literally ‘half’. |