Burns
Famous Scottish surname
Burns is a Scottish surname, most famously associated with Robert Burns, the 18th-century poet celebrated for works like "Auld Lang Syne" and "To a Mouse." Burns Night on January 25th commemorates his birthday with haggis and whisky.
The name also appears in place names: Burns, Oregon. (Lowercase burns refers to injuries or the verb.)
celebration
Year's opening month
surname
Classic male name
poet
People of Edinburgh's nation
- verseMetered poetic passage
- romanticConducive to love
- ploughmanOne who furrows fields
- KilmarnockTown in southwest Scotland
January
Year's opening month
Robert
Classic male name
Scots
People of Edinburgh's nation
Oregon
Northwestern U.S. state
- surnamesSmith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones
- 18th Century FiguresNapoleon, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, George Washington
- Groening ShowsHomer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Maggie Simpson
- OregonPortland, Eugene, Salem, Hillsboro, Beaverton
- RomanticsWordsworth, Byron, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley
- Scotsaye, wee, nae, ken, couldnae
poetic nationality/tradition
BurnsShakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
Pope · Wordsworth · Tennyson · Keats · Milton
- burn downDestroy by fire
- burned outExhausted from overexertion
- burned downDestroyed by fire
- burn outExhaust through overwork
- burning upIntensely overheated
- burn upConsume with flames
burn, burning, burned, sunburn, sunburned, heartburn, sunburns, burnable, sunburning