Cairns

See also: cairns

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Carnes, Carns

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɛənz/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /kɛɹnz/
  • Homophone: cairns
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kæːnz/
  • Homophone: cans
• Rhymes: -ɛənz, -ɛɹnz, -æːnz

Proper noun

Cairns

1. A surname.
2. A city and port in Queensland, Australia, named after William Cairns.
3. Cairns Region, a local government area in northern Queensland.

Translations

city in Queensland, Australia

• Arabic: كِيرْنْز m (kirnz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凱恩斯／凯恩斯 (zh) (Kǎi'ēnsī)

• Hindi: केर्न्स (kerns)
• Japanese: ケアンズ (Keanzu)
• Korean: 케언즈 (Keeonjeu)
• Russian: Кэрнс (ru) m (Kɛrns)

Anagrams

• Crains, arcsin, sarcin, scarin'