Kane

/keɪn/ name

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  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.
  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; A village in Greene County, Illinois.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A township in Benton County, Iowa.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, founded by Thomas L. Kane.

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"Kane was an old friend of the president."

Etymology

* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from Ó Catháin, Mac Catháin (“descendant 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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