darwin

/D AA1 R W IH0 N/
noun
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    A surname, especially referring to Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection.

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    The capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.

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    A municipality of Río Negro province, Argentina.

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    A number of places in the United States:

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    A male given name transferred from the surname, deriving from the Old English name Dēorwine and revived through the surname.

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    A ghost town in Tasmania, Australia.

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    A settlement on the peninsula of Lafonia, East Falkland island, Falkland Islands.

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    An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Inyo County, California.

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    A ghost town in Fresno County, California.

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    A township and unincorporated community therein, in Clark County, Illinois.

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    A township and minor city in Meeker County, Minnesota.

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    A small unincorporated community in Bedford Township, Meigs County, Ohio.

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    An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.

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    A ghost town in Webb County, Texas.

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    An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia.

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    (computing) An open-source Unix operating system first released by Apple.

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    A unit of evolutionary change in evolutionary biology.

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    (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Darwin College, Cambridge.

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    Alternative form of Derwent (English locative name). [A river in Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.]