Cairns

American  

[kairnz] / kɛərnz /

noun

1. a seaport in NE Australia.

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Cairns British  

/ kænz, kɛənz /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The 80 passengers and 44 crew members are safe and unharmed, and the passengers, who departed from Cairns in northern Australia on 18 December, will be flown back there.

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"It should be simple because we're in Mallusk. We would think that we'd be one of the first drops, but we're not," Mr Cairns added.

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It receives machinery parts from suppliers in England, but design manager Mark Cairns said production at the company had been affected by delays from Evri.

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In 1989, he was alongside Cairns, Harris and Adam Parore in a New Zealand Under-19s team that toured England to take on a home side including Mark Ramprakash, Dominic Cork and Darren Gough.

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Last week, the Cairns Supreme Court heard that the day after Ms Cordingley's body was discovered, Mr Singh flew from Australia to India – leaving behind his wife, three children and parents.

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