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karns

karns is the plural of karn.

Meaning of karn

Noun

karn (plural karns)

  1. (dated) A pile of rocks.
    • Besides the single bason above-mention'd, I could not perceive one in all the rocks; but in a Karn below, overlooking, and it's sides almost perpendicular to the sea, I saw many furrows and clefts crossing the surface of the upper rocks; this lower-most Karn is call'd in the Cornish tongue...1754, William Borlase, Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, page 132

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Proper noun (1) capitalized: Karns

Karns (plural Karnses)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Karns

Karns

  1. (plural) plural of Karn

Forms of karns

pluralKarnses

Origin of karns

Variant of Kearns.

Questions about karns

What does karns mean?
Karns means a surname from Irish.
What is karns the plural of?
Karns is the plural of karn.
What part of speech is karns?
Karns is a proper noun.

Words near karns in the dictionary

  1. Karnik
  2. karnikara
  3. Karniks
  4. Karnobat
  5. Karnofsky
  6. karns
  7. Karnses
  8. Karnul
  9. karo
  10. Karo Batak
  11. karob

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