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Darwin¹

  • /ˈdɑːwɪn/ UK
  • /ˈdɑɹwɪn/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English Darwin, Derwin, from Old English Dēorwine (“a given name”), composed of dēore (“dear”) + wine (“friend”). The city in Australia is named after Charles Darwin.

proper noun Darwen · Derwin

  1. A surname, especially referring to Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
  2. A municipality of Río Negro province, Argentina.
  3. The capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.
  4. A ghost town in Tasmania, Australia.
  5. A settlement on the peninsula of Lafonia, East Falkland island, Falkland Islands.
  6. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Inyo County, California.
  7. A ghost town in Fresno County, California.
  8. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Clark County, Illinois.
  9. A township and minor city in Meeker County, Minnesota.
  10. A small unincorporated community in Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio.
  11. An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
  12. A ghost town in Webb County, Texas.
  13. An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia.
  14. A male given name transferred from the surname, deriving from the Old English name Dēorwine and revived through the surname.
  15. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of Darwin College, Cambridge.
  16. An open-source Unix operating system first released by Apple.

Darwin²

  • /ˈdɑːwɪn/ UK
  • /ˈdɑɹwɪn/ US

Where it comes from

Variant of Derwent.

proper noun Darwen · Derwin

  1. alternative Alternative form of Derwent (English locative name).

darwin³

Where it comes from

Named after Charles Darwin, coined by J.B.S. Haldane in 1949.

noun darwins

  1. A unit of evolutionary change in evolutionary biology. One darwin (d) equals the rate of evolution that would produce a change in size by a factor of approximately 2.7 in one million years.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: charles darwin, evolutionist, evolutionism, tahiti, fowler, katherine, wallace, naturalist, evolution, biologist, darwinian, darwinism, survival, fittest, species, heredity

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name city in Australia

한국어다윈 Dawin
日本語ダーウィン Dāwin
中文達爾文 /达尔文 Dá'ěrwén
हिन्दीडार्विन ḍārvin
PortuguêsDarwin
DeutschDarwin
ΕλληνικάΝτάργουιν Ntárgouin
РусскийДа́рвин Dárvin
العربيةدَارْوِين darwin

name surname

한국어다윈 dawin
日本語ダーウィン Dāwin
中文達爾文 /达尔文 Dá'ěrwén
PortuguêsDarwin
DeutschDarwin
ΕλληνικάΔαρβίνος Darvínos
RomânăDarwin
РусскийДа́рвин Dárvin
العربيةدَارْوِين darwin

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"darwin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/darwin.

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@misc{darwin_2026,
  title = {darwin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/darwin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}