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Burns
Burns may refer to: Astronomy * 2708 Burns, an asteroid * Burns (crater), on Mercury People * Burns (surname), list of people and characters named Burns ** Burns (musician), Scottish record producer Places in the United States * Burns, Colorado * Burns, Kansas * Burns, Missouri * Burns, New York * Burns, Oregon * Burns, Tennessee * Burns, Wisconsin ** Burns (community), Wisconsin * Burns, Wyoming * H.B. Burns Memorial Building, Washington, D.C. Ships of the US Navy * USS ''Burns'' (DD-171), a WWI destroyer (1919–1930) * USS ''Burns'' (DD-588), a WWII destroyer (1943 –1946) * USS ''W. W. Burns'' (1861), a Civil-War schooner Other uses * Burn A burn is an injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, friction, or ionizing radiation (such as sunburn, caused by ultraviolet radiation). Most burns are due to heat from hot fluids (called scalding), soli ..., a skin injury * Burns London, an English guitar maker * Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burns (surname)
The surname Burns has several origins. In some cases, it derived from the Middle English or Scots ''burn'', and originated as a topographic name for an individual who lived by a stream. In other cases the surname is a variant form of the surname '' Burnhouse'', which originated as a habitational name, derived from a place name made up of the word elements ''burn'' and ''house''. In other cases the surname ''Burns'' originated as a nickname meaning "burn house".. In other cases, the surname ''Burns'' is an Anglicised form of the Irish '' Ó Broin'',. This webpage is a partial transcription of . which means "descendant of ''Bran''".. This webpage is a partial transcription of . In some cases the surname ''Burns'' is an Americanized form of the Jewish surname '' Bernstein'', which is derived from the German ''bernstein'' ("amber").. This webpage is a partial transcription of . An early form of the surname when derived from the place name ''Burnhouse'' is "''Burnis''", recorded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burns, Oregon
Burns is a city in and the county seat of Harney County, Oregon, Harney County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 2,730. Burns and the nearby city of Hines, Oregon, Hines are home to about 60 percent of the people in the sparsely populated county, by area the largest in Oregon and the ninth largest in the United States. The Burns–Hines region has a high-desert climate but was much wetter in the recent geologic past. The Harney Basin was the largest of many depressions in which lakes formed in southeastern Oregon during the late Pleistocene. Remnants of an ancient lake that reached as far north as Burns are at the center of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, south of the city. Northern Paiutes or their ancestors, who were hunter-gatherers, have lived in the region for thousands of years. Since the arrival of Euro-Americans in the 19th century, cattle ranching and other forms of agriculture have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
