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karn¹

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)n

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Borrowed from Cornish karn. Doublet of cairn.

noun 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 Karn-a-we

Karn²

proper noun Karns

  1. A surname.

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"karn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/karn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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karn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/karn

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"karn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/karn.

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@misc{karn_2026,
  title = {karn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/karn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}