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

He’s a medical researcher at the Cairns campus of James Cook University in Australia.

From Science News For Students

Marine biologist Gareth Phillips, director of Reef Teach in Cairns, Australia, suggested checking for global and local certifications, such as EarthCheck and Ecotourism Australia.

From Washington Post

Cairns led the way over naked granite and toward the south of the island, where we crossed one of the crushed-stone carriage roads that wind though the park.

From Washington Post

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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