Darwin

See also: darwin

English

Etymology

The surname may have two origins:

• from Old English Dēorwine (“a given name”), composed of dēore (“dear”) + wine (“friend”);
• habitational name from Darwen in Lancashire.

The city in Australia is named after Charles Darwin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːwɪn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑɹwɨn/

• Audio (AUS):

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Proper noun

Darwin

1. , especially referring to Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
2. A city in Australia, the capital of the Northern Territory.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname, deriving from the Old English name Dēorwine and revived through the surname.

Derived terms

• darwin
• Darwin Award
• Darwin Day
• Darwin drift
• Darwin fish
• Darwinian
• Darwinic
• Darwinism
• Darwinist
• Darwinistic
• Darwinization
• Darwinize
• Darwin's Bulldog
• Darwin's finch
• Darwin's frog
• Darwin's nothura
• Darwin's rhea
• Darwin stubby

 

Translations

surname

• Arabic: دَارْوِين m (darwin)
• Armenian: Դարվին (hy) (Darvin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達爾文／达尔文 (zh) (Dá'ěrwén), 达尔文 (zh) (Dá'ěrwén)

• German: Darwin (de)
• Greek: Δαρβίνος (el) m (Darvínos)
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• Japanese: ダーウィン (Dāwin)
• Marathi: डार्विन n (ḍārvina)
• Portuguese: Darwin (pt) m or f
• Romanian: Darwin
• Russian: Да́рвин (ru) m (Dárvin)

city in Australia

• Afrikaans: Darwin
• Arabic: دَارْوِين m (darwin)
• Armenian: Դարվին (hy) (Darvin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達爾文／达尔文 (zh) (Dá'ěrwén), 达尔文 (zh) (Dá'ěrwén)

• Esperanto: Darvino
• German: Darwin (de)
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• Greek: Ντάργουιν n (Ntárgouin)
• Hindi: डार्विन (ḍārvin)
• Japanese: ダーウィン (Dāwin)
• Korean: 다윈 (Dawin)
• Marathi: डार्विन n (ḍārvina)
• Portuguese: Darwin (pt) f
• Russian: Да́рвин (ru) m (Dárvin)

See also

• Darwin (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Charles Darwin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Darwin, Australia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Darwin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 413.

Anagrams

• draw in, drawin', indraw, inward

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Darwin.

Proper noun

Darwin

1. a male given name from English
2. A city in Australia, the capital of the Northern Territory

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Darwin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒrvin]
• Hyphenation: Dar‧win

Proper noun

Darwin

1. Darwin

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

Derived terms

• darwini
• Darwin-pinty

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Darwin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʁ.vĩ/

Proper noun

Darwin f

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

Proper noun

Darwin m

1. Darwin (Charles Darwin, English naturalist)

Derived terms

• darwiniano
• darwinismo
• darwinista

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Dar‧win

Proper noun

Darwin

1. a male given name from English