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Cain

UK/keɪn/ US/kʰeɪn/ fairly common

noun

1.

(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God

Origin

From Hebrew קַיִן (Káyin, “craftsman”), present since Old English.

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