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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cairn /ˈkærn, ˈkɛrn/
 石堆紀念碑,石塚,堆石界標

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cairn n.
 1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
    Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn.   --Campbell.
 2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cairn
      n 1: a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a
           boundary or path
      2: small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland [syn: cairn
         terrier]