Cairns

== English == === 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/ Homophone: cairns (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kɛɹnz/ Homophone: cairns (Australia) IPA(key): /kæːnz/ Homophone: cans Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)nz, -ænz Hyphenation: Cairns === Proper noun === Cairns A surname from Scots or Irish; variant forms Carnes, Carns. A city and port in Queensland, Australia, named after William Cairns. A local government area in northern Queensland; in full, the Cairns Region. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: كِيرْنْز (kirnz) → Chinese: → Mandarin: 凱恩斯 / 凯恩斯 (Kǎi'ēnsī) → Hindi: केर्न्स (kerns) → Japanese: ケアンズ (Keanzu) → Korean: 케언즈 (Keeonjeu) → Russian: Кэрнс (Kɛrns) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cairns”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 269. “Cairns”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Crains, arcsin, sarcin, scarin'