Cairns

[ kairnz ]

noun

1. a seaport in NE Australia.

Cairns

/ kænz; kɛənz /

noun

1. a port in NE Australia, in Queensland. Pop: 98 981 (2001)

Example Sentences

My ribs are like a xylophone, and the knobs of my spine stick up like ponderous cairns in the landscape of my back.

From The Daily Beast

At the summit two cairns were found, the bamboo poles which had previously marked them having blown over.

From Project Gutenberg

At intervals along the trail they would erect other cairns to mark the way over the desert of snow.

From Project Gutenberg

I have heard that some of those high schools are really excellent, drawled Miss Cairns.

From Project Gutenberg

Then there were sacred cairns, consisting of stones thrown together by passers by, every one adding his stone.

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If any one removed these cairns, or part thereof, superstitious people predicted evil to the spoiler.

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