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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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Zach Cairns, also from Portadown, has been working as an optician in Dubai for the past six years.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Dr Peter Cairns, who works at the GP practice next to Edinburgh's walk-in clinic, laid out the reality of meeting that demand.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

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.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Veterans minister Alistair Cairns gave details of the Soldier F costs in response to a written question from Eastwood.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

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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