Cairns
See also: cairns
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
edit- 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.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɛənz/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kɛɹnz/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kæːnz/
- Rhymes: -ɛənz, -ɛɹnz, -æːnz
Proper noun
editCairns
- A surname.
- A city and port in Queensland, Australia, named after William Cairns.
- Cairns Region, a local government area in northern Queensland.
Translations
editcity in Queensland, Australia
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