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 Kai-Omurs (the mighty Omurs),Kail’yal (2 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Kai-an’ians.
 
The sixth Persian dynasty. The semi-historic period (B.C. 660–331). So called because they took for their affix the term kai (mighty), called by the Greeks Ku (Kuros), and by the Romans Cy (Cyrus).   1
 


 Kai-Omurs (the mighty Omurs),Kail’yal (2 syl.). 

 
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