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cahier
Cahokia Mounds
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Cahuilla
CAI
Caicos Islands
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Cain
Cain [ kayn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
son of Adam and Eve: in the Bible, the elder son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel (Genesis 4)

raise Cain to cause a noisy disturbance (informal)
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