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Kien

Kien proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Kien (plural Kiens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Kien

pluralKiens

Origin of Kien

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Vietnamese Kiến. * Borrowed from Dutch and German Kien, a variant of Kuhn.

Questions about Kien

What does Kien mean?
Kien means a surname.
What part of speech is Kien?
Kien is a proper noun.

Words near Kien in the dictionary

  1. Kielty
  2. Kieltys
  3. Kielvale
  4. Kiely
  5. Kielys
  6. Kien
  7. Kienbock's disease
  8. Kienböck's disease
  9. Kienchang
  10. Kienitz
  11. Kienitzes

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