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It's a shortened form of the German expression Kupfernickel, which is usually translated as "devil's copper".

German miners gave the name to the hard, difficult-to-work ore that they often found while looking for copper. Nickel's usefulness didn't become important until better mining and smelting techniques were developed.

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