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- [kairnz]
- /kɛərnz/
- /keən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kairnz]
- /kɛərnz/
Definitions of cairns word
- noun cairns a port in NE Australia, in Queensland. Pop: 98 981 (2001) 3
- noun cairns a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc. 1
- noun cairns Plural form of cairn. 1
- noun cairns plural of cairn. 0
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Origin of cairns
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
1525-35; earlier carn < Scots Gaelic: pile of stones; perhaps akin to horn
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Parts of speech for Cairns
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cairns popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cairns usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cairns
noun cairns
- ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
- tombstone — a stone marker, usually inscribed, on a tomb or grave.
- statue — a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
- remembrance — a retained mental impression; memory.
- headstone — a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
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