Get to know Cairnryan better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning.
Cairnryan in a sentence
Cairnryan meaning
A village and ferry port in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX0668).
Using Cairnryan
- The main meaning on this page is: A village and ferry port in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX0668).
- In the example corpus, cairnryan often appears in combinations such as: to cairnryan, cairnryan to.
Context around Cairnryan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cairnryan
- In this selection, "cairnryan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, service stand out and add context to how "cairnryan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include belfast to cairnryan and belfast to cairnryan service. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cairnryan" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cairnryan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A 19:30 sailing from Cairnryan to Belfast has also been delayed. (12 words)
Ferries sail from Larne Harbour to destinations including Cairnryan and Troon in Scotland, and Fleetwood in England. (17 words)
Stena Line runs regular routes to Cairnryan in Scotland using its conventional vessels – with a crossing time of around 2 hours 15 minutes. (23 words)
Ferry connections between Britain and Ireland via the Irish Sea include the routes from Fishguard and Pembroke to Rosslare, Stranraer to Belfast and Larne, and Cairnryan to Larne; the Swansea to Cork route has closed. (35 words)
Stena Line has reluctantly taken an operational decision to temporarily redeploy the Stena Nordica from the Rosslare-Fishguard service to provide cover on the Belfast to Cairnryan service. (28 words)
They also confirmed additional routes and services have been put in place, including Dublin to Liverpool, Dublin to Heysham, Dublin to Fishguard and from Belfast to Cairnryan. (27 words)
Example sentences (6)
Stena Line has reluctantly taken an operational decision to temporarily redeploy the Stena Nordica from the Rosslare-Fishguard service to provide cover on the Belfast to Cairnryan service.
A 19:30 sailing from Cairnryan to Belfast has also been delayed.
They also confirmed additional routes and services have been put in place, including Dublin to Liverpool, Dublin to Heysham, Dublin to Fishguard and from Belfast to Cairnryan.
Ferries sail from Larne Harbour to destinations including Cairnryan and Troon in Scotland, and Fleetwood in England.
Ferry connections between Britain and Ireland via the Irish Sea include the routes from Fishguard and Pembroke to Rosslare, Stranraer to Belfast and Larne, and Cairnryan to Larne; the Swansea to Cork route has closed.
Stena Line runs regular routes to Cairnryan in Scotland using its conventional vessels – with a crossing time of around 2 hours 15 minutes.
Common combinations with cairnryan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to cairnryan 3×
- cairnryan to 2×