Cairns
- A surname.
- A city and port in Queensland, Australia, named after William Cairns.
- A local government area in northern Queensland; in full, the Cairns Region.
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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.
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