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Definition of cairn noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cairn

noun

/keən/

/kern/

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a pile of stones used to mark a path on a mountain or a place where somebody is buriedTopics Geographyc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Scottish Gaelic carn.

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