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kai

“kai” is a Norwegian Nynorsk word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. quay, wharf, dock

Etymology

From Old French kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)).

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