noun
- a seaport in NE Australia.
noun
- a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
noun
- a port in NE Australia, in Queensland. Pop: 98 981 (2001)
noun
- a mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker
- Also called: cairn terrier a small rough-haired breed of terrier originally from Scotland
1530s, from Scottish carne, from Gaelic carn “heap of stones, rocky hill,” akin to Gaulish karnon “horn,” from PIE root *ker-n- “highest part of the body, horn,” thus “tip, peak” (see horn (n.)).