Darwin

See also: darwin

English

Etymology

The surname may have two origins:

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

The city in Australia is named after Charles Darwin.

Pronunciation

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 city in Australia, the capital of the Northern Territory.
  3. A male given name, deriving from the Old English name Dēorwine and revived through the surname.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

  • Hanks, Patrick (2003), “Darwin”, in Patrick Hanks, editor, Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Darwin.

Proper noun

Darwin

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

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
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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Darwin.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdaʁ.vĩ/

Proper noun

Darwin f

  1. Darwin (a city, the regional capital of 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

Proper noun

Darwin

  1. A male given name
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