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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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Karl Darlow, 35, is currently the Whites' starting keeper, but the Welshman's deal is up in June, as are those of back-ups Illan Meslier, 26, and Alex Cairns, 33.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 1, 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

Cairns flew in circles while the crew from the second helicopter searched below.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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