cairns

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UK/kɛənz/Canada, US/kɛɹnz/Australia/kæːnz/

proper noun

A surname from Scots or Irish; variant forms Carnes, Carns.

OriginScots cairn →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

cairns1

noun
  1. pluralplural of cairn

Cairns2

proper noun
  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.

Origin

  1. Scotscairn
  2. EnglishCairns

* 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.

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Translations

Arabic كِيرْنْز
  • كِيرْنْز (kirnz)city in Queensland, Australia
Chinese Mandarin 凱恩斯 /凯恩斯
  • 凱恩斯 /凯恩斯 (Kǎi'ēnsī)city in Queensland, Australia
Hindi केर्न्स
  • केर्न्स (kerns)city in Queensland, Australia
Japanese ケアンズ
  • ケアンズ (Keanzu)city in Queensland, Australia
Korean 케언즈
  • 케언즈 (Keeonjeu)city in Queensland, Australia
Russian Кэрнс
  • Кэрнс (Kɛrns)city in Queensland, Australia

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cairns

handsHanssansFranzmansGanztansbannsglansManzJanz
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Sounds the same

cairnscans

Anagrams

sarcin
Cite this entry
APA

cairns. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cairns

MLA

“cairns.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cairns. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cairns,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cairns.

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