Etymology

kane

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Today it means: A Polynesian or Maori man. Full definition →

Māori kāne
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kane · noun1

  1. Māori · borrowed fromkāne“man”
  2. English todaykane

Borrowed from Māori kāne (“man”).

Kane · proper noun2

* 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.

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