kane
/keɪn/
kane noun: a Polynesian or Maori man.
Noun
kane (plural kanes)
- A Polynesian or Maori man.
- I wanna be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago1933, Tommy Harrison, Bill Cogswell, Johnny Noble, My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
Proper noun capitalized: Kane
Kane (plural Kanes)
- A surname from Irish.
- A village in Greene County, Illinois.
- A township in Benton County, Iowa.
- A borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, founded by Thomas L. Kane.
kane meaning in Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
kane in Telugu
- కేన్
kane in Malayalam
- കെയ്ൻ
kane in Kannada
- ಕೇನ್
Forms of kane
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | kanes |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Kanes |
| alternative form | Kaine |
Origin of kane
Borrowed from Māori kāne (“man”).
* 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.
Words formed from kane
Words that rhyme with kane
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- champagne
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- plane
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- chicane
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
- terrain
Questions about kane
- What does kane mean?
- Kane means a Polynesian or Maori man.
- What is kane in Telugu?
- Kane in Telugu is కేన్. See Kane meaning in Telugu.
- What part of speech is kane?
- Kane can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kane?
- Kane is pronounced /keɪn/.
- What is the plural of kane?
- The plural of kane is kanes.
Words near kane in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kane (page history and authors); Kane (page history and authors); kane (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kane (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kane (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “kane.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/kane. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.