Cairns

American

[kairnz] / kɛərnz /

noun

a seaport in NE Australia.

Cairns British

/ kænz, kɛənz /

noun

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

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They will then play another 14 shows across Cairns, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne, with all gigs to be staged in a "stadium sized big-top" tent.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

When I graduated, my father gave me $400 for a one-way plane ticket to Cairns, about 3,000 miles northeast of us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

The last fatal attack offshore between Townsville and Cairns was in 1990, he said.

From Barron's ● May 24, 2026

Cairns told BBC News NI that he "heard some bangs before anything official came through".

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

If things had gone as planned, I would have been arriving in Cairns right about now.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

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