Darwin

See also: darwin

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Darwin

  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, United States.
  7. A ghost town in Fresno County, California, United States.
  8. An unincorporated community in Darwin Township, Clark County, Illinois, United States.
  9. A tiny city in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States.
  10. A small unincorporated community in Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States.
  11. An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States.
  12. A ghost town in Webb County, Texas, United States.
  13. An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.
  14. A male given name transferred from the surname, deriving from the Old English name Dēorwine and revived through the surname.
  15. (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Darwin College, Cambridge..
  16. (computing) An open-source Unix operating system first released by Apple.
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Etymology 2

Variant of Derwent.

Proper noun

Darwin

  1. Alternative form of Derwent (English locative name)

Further reading

Anagrams


Cebuano

Etymology

From English Darwin.

Proper noun

Darwin

  1. a male given name from English
  2. Darwin (the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Darwin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɒrvin]
  • Hyphenation: Dar‧win
  • Rhymes: -in

Proper noun

Darwin

  1. Darwin (Charles Darwin, English naturalist)
  2. Darwin (the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Darwin Darwinok
accusative Darwint Darwinokat
dative Darwinnak Darwinoknak
instrumental Darwinnal Darwinokkal
causal-final Darwinért Darwinokért
translative Darwinná Darwinokká
terminative Darwinig Darwinokig
essive-formal Darwinként Darwinokként
essive-modal
inessive Darwinban Darwinokban
superessive Darwinon Darwinokon
adessive Darwinnál Darwinoknál
illative Darwinba Darwinokba
sublative Darwinra Darwinokra
allative Darwinhoz Darwinokhoz
elative Darwinból Darwinokból
delative Darwinról Darwinokról
ablative Darwintól Darwinoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Darwiné Darwinoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Darwinéi Darwinokéi
Possessive forms of Darwin
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Darwinom Darwinjaim
2nd person sing. Darwinod Darwinjaid
3rd person sing. Darwinja Darwinjai
1st person plural Darwinunk Darwinjaink
2nd person plural Darwinotok Darwinjaitok
3rd person plural Darwinjuk Darwinjaik

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Compound words

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Darwin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdar.vin/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -arvin
  • Syllabification: Dar‧win

Proper noun

Darwin n (indeclinable)

  1. Darwin (the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia)

Proper noun

Darwin m pers

  1. Charles Darwin

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Further reading

  • Darwin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Darwin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Darwin.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdaʁ.vĩ/

Proper noun

Darwin

  1. Darwin (the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia)

Proper noun

Darwin m

  1. Darwin (Charles Darwin, English naturalist)

Derived terms


Tagalog

Etymology

From English, a given name transferred from the surname (usually after Charles Darwin), from Old English Dēorwine.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Dar‧win
  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɾwin/, [ˈdaɾ.wɪn]

Proper noun

Darwin

  1. a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname]
  2. A surname in English
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