Burns

See also: burns

English

Etymology

• As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Burnis, Burnes, Burnhouse, containing the noun burn (“stream”).
• As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Burn or Barnes.
• As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Broin, see Byrne.
• As a Jewish surname, Americanized and shortened from Bernstein.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɝnz/
• Homophone: burns

Proper noun

Burns (countable and uncountable, plural Burnses or Burns)

1. A surname.
   • 2025 May 30, Rebecca Santana and Jonathan Lloyd, “These California cities and counties are on the DHS list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions'”, in KNBC‎^[1]:

     We adopted a formal policy on this," Mayor Pat Burns said. "It went before the council, and we unanimously agreed that Huntington Beach is not a sanctuary city. We took deliberate action to make our non-sanctuary stance clear."

   1. Robert Burns, Scottish writer.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado.
   2. A city in Marion County, Kansas.
   3. A township in Henry County, Illinois.
   4. A township in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
   5. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
   6. A town in Alleghany County, New York.
   7. A city, the county seat of Harney County, Oregon.
   8. A town in Dickson County, Tennessee.
   9. A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
   10. A town in Laramie County, Wyoming.

Derived terms

• Burns dinner
• Burns night
• Burns supper
• Burnsville
• Ken Burns effect

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Burnsius

Proper noun

Burns

1. plural of Burn

Anagrams

• NURBS