I am the night before a brand-new year begins, but spell my name with a capital letter and I am the first woman in ancient story. What am I?
Eve
This riddle plays with homographs and proper nouns. As a common noun, eve means the evening or day preceding an event, as in New Year's Eve. When capitalized as a proper name, Eve refers to the biblical first woman.
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