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Vinony

kane

noun

  1. payment in kind
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /keɪn/

name

Etymology: * As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from Ó Catháin (“descendant of Cathán”), Mac Catháin (“son of Cathán”), a name meaning "warrior," from cath (“battle”). Compare O'Kane and Keane. * As an English surname, variant of Cane. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Kahane and Kanne. * As a German surname, Americanized from Köhn, Kohn. * As a Finnish surname, Americanized from Nykänen.

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A place in the United States:
  4. A place in the United States:

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Māori kāne (“man”).

  1. A Polynesian or Maori man.

    “I wanna be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago”