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Burns.

A surname.

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Meaning & usage

name/bɝnz/US

  1. A surname.

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  2. A surname. Robert Burns, Scottish writer.

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  3. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado.

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  4. A place in the United States: A city in Marion County, Kansas.

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  5. A place in the United States: A township in Henry County, Illinois.

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  6. A place in the United States: A township in Shiawassee County, Michigan.

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  7. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.

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  8. A place in the United States: A town in Alleghany County, New York.

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  9. A place in the United States: A city, the county seat of Harney County, Oregon.

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  10. A place in the United States: A town in Dickson County, Tennessee.

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  11. A place in the United States: A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

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  12. A place in the United States: A town in Laramie County, Wyoming.

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Where this word comes from

* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Burnis, Burnes, Burnhouse, containing the noun burn (“stream”). * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Burn or Barnes. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Broin, see Byrne. * As a Jewish surname, Americanized and shortened from Bernstein.

name/bɝnz/US

  1. plural of Burn

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Where this word comes from

* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Burnis, Burnes, Burnhouse, containing the noun burn (“stream”). * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Burn or Barnes. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Broin, see Byrne. * As a Jewish surname, Americanized and shortened from Bernstein.

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