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Cairns
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cairns
English
Etymology
As a Scottish surname, from en sco cairn, describing a manmade heap or mound of stones.
As an en ga - surname, from ga Ó Ciaráin, Anglicized as en Kieran and en Kearns, sometimes conflated with the Scottish above.
Pronunciation
en /kɛənz/ RP
en cairns
en /kɛɹnz/ GA,CA
en cairns
en /kæːnz/ AU
en cans
en ɛə(ɹ)nz ænz 1
en Cairns
Proper noun
en Scots,Irish Carnes,Carns.
en Q189133 en city/and/port s/Queensland c/Australia, named after William Cairns.
en lgarea in northern s/Queensland the Cairns Region.
Derived terms
en Cairns Bay Cairns Region
Descendants
1 ar كِيرْنْز kirnz
1 zh
1 cmn 凱恩斯
1 hi केर्न्स
1 ja ケアンズ Keanzu
1 ko ^케언즈
1 ru Кэрнс
Translations
city in Queensland, Australia
Arabic: ar كِيرْنْز m kirnz
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 凱恩斯
Hindi: hi केर्न्स
Japanese: ja ケアンズ Keanzu
Korean: ko ^케언즈
Russian: ru Кэрнс m
Further reading
Anagrams
en acinrs Crains arcsin sarcin scarin'