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Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew קַיִן (káyin).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Caym m
- (biblical) Cain
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v:de lãt ebrõ mato caẏm a abel ſo ermano.- It was outside Hebron that Cain killed his brother Abel.
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