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cairny

cairny adjective: of a landscape, having many cairns or rocky outcrops.

Adjective

cairny (comparative more cairny, superlative most cairny)

  1. Of a landscape, having many cairns or rocky outcrops.

Forms of cairny

comparativemore cairny
superlativemost cairny

Origin of cairny

From cairn + -y.

Questions about cairny

What does cairny mean?
Cairny means of a landscape, having many cairns or rocky outcrops.
What part of speech is cairny?
Cairny is an adjective.

Words near cairny in the dictionary

  1. Cairnryan
  2. cairns
  3. Cairns Bay
  4. Cairnsite
  5. Cairnwood
  6. cairny
  7. Cairo
  8. Cairo Montenotte
  9. Cairoan
  10. Cairouan
  11. cairs

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