Cairns

Meaning

1. A surname.
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.

Synonyms

Awabakal

Datiwuy

Mbabaram

Wik-Mungkan

Wiradhuri

Commonwealth of Australia

Newcastle

Sydney

Arnhem Land

Gold Coast

Oz

Wagga Wagga

Windsor

Muk-thang

blue swimmer crab

eastern tarantula

couta boat

Duwal

Sydney-sider

Arrernte

land down under

Upsidedownland

Aussieland

Melbournite

Polwarth

Darkinjung

Emerald

Wollongong

blackbirding

Fraser Island

Route 66

woodhen

Caloundra

Hervey Bay

Translations

أوستراليا

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الكومنولث الأسترالي

كِيرْنْز

Austràlia

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Cairns

Australien

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Commonwealth von Australien

Cairns

Αὐστραλία

Αυστραλία

Κοινοπολιτεία της Αυστραλίας

Australie

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Australia

Communauté d’Australie

أستراليا

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɛənz/

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.