English Explanatory Dictionary

cairns

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of cairn
name
  1. A surname from Scots or Irish; variant forms Carnes, Carns.
  2. A city and port in Queensland, Australia, named after William Cairns.
  3. A local government area in northern Queensland; in full, the Cairns Region.

Pronunciation

/kɛənz/ /kɛɹnz/ /kæːnz/

Word forms

cairns

Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from Scots cairn, describing a manmade heap or mound of stones. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ciaráin, Anglicized as Kieran and Kearns, sometimes conflated with the Scottish above.

Derived words

Cairns Bay Cairns Region
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