cairns
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cairns, plural;
/ke(ə)rn/,
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cairns, plural;
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A mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline
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A prehistoric burial mound made of stones
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A small terrier of a breed with short legs, a longish body, and a shaggy coat
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- (cairned) marked by cairns
- Cairns (locally) is a city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns (then Governor of Queensland). ...
- A cairn (carn in Irish, carnedd in Welsh, càrn in Scots Gaelic) is a human-made pile of stones, often in conical form. They are usually found in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, or near waterways.
- cairns, Heaps of stones, tapering at the top to form a cone, usually a monument of some kind