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noun a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
noun small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
originFrom Scots cairn, from Scottish Gaelic càrn, from Old Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Compare Welsh carn, Cornish carn. Doublet of carn and horn.
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