Definition of Cairns

1. Proper noun. A city and port in Queensland, Australia ¹

2. Noun. (plural of cairn) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cairns

1. cairn [n] - See also: cairn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cairns

caipirinha
caipirinhas
caipivodka
caipivodkas
caique
caiques
caird
cairds
cairn
cairn terrier
cairn terriers
cairned
cairngorm
cairngorms
cairngormstone
cairns (current term)
cairny
caissaca
caisson
caisson disease
caisson sickness
caissons
caitiff
caitiffs
caitive
caitives
caixin
cajan pea
cajaput
cajaputs

Literary usage of Cairns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1904)
"On the south side of the Straits of San Juan de Fuca, cairns are reported at Port Angeles. On Whidbey Island, 3^2 miles northwest from Coupeville, ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1871)
"On Ancient Sculptures and Objects of Art from Irish cairns. By EUGENE ALFRED CONWELL, LL.D.,MRIA The author's present intention is not to treat of the ..."

3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1886)
"In 1856 Mr. cairns was appointed one of Her Majesty's Counsel and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. Lord Derby being called upon to form an Administration in Feb. ..."

4. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Sir Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"One of the Caithness cairns is 240 feet long and 70 feet wide, and many cairns are of great ... Many of our cairns were built by people in their stone age; ..."

5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"These round cairns, of which Dr. Hibbert counted more than twenty, are from three ... The result produced upon the loose stones, which in the form of cairns ..."

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