Darwin may refer to:
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Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
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Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin ( ; Larrakia: ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory.
It is the smalle ...
, a territorial capital city in Australia
Arts and entertainment
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''Darwin'' (1920 film), a German silent film
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''Darwin'' (2011 film), a documentary
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''Darwin'' (2015 film), a science fiction film by Alain Desrochers
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Darwin (''seaQuest DSV''), a dolphin in the TV series ''seaQuest DSV''
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Darwin!'', a 1972 album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
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Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist'', a 1991 biography of Charles Darwin
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Darwin (Marvel Comics)
Armando Muñoz, also known by his codename Darwin, is a mutant superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Edi Gathegi played the character in the film '' X-Men: First Class''.
Publication history
Darwin first appe ...
, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe associated with the X-Men
* Darwin Watterson, a character from the 2011 TV series ''
The Amazing World of Gumball''
Astronomy
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1991 Darwin
1991 Darwin, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 6 May 1967, by Argentine astronomers Carlos Cesco and Arnold Klemola at ...
, a main-belt asteroid
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Darwin (lunar crater)
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Darwin (Martian crater)
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Darwin (spacecraft), a European Space Agency project
Computing
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Darwin (operating system), the Unix base for Apple's iOS and macOS operating systems
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Darwin (programming game)
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Darwin (programming language)
Darwin is a closed source programming language developed by Gaston Gonnet and colleagues at ETH Zurich. It is used to develop the OMA orthology inference software, which was also initially developed by Gonnet. The language backend consists of th ...
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Darwin (ADL), an architecture description language
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Darwin Information Typing Architecture
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Darwin Streaming Server
People
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Darwin (surname) Darwin is a surname that is a modern spelling of Anglo-Saxon and Old English name Deorwine. Notable people with the surname include:
*Members of Charles Darwin's family:
**Anne Darwin (1841–1851), daughter of Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
**Berna ...
, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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Darwin (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
Places
Antarctica
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Darwin Glacier (Antarctica), Oates Land
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Darwin Mountains, Oates Land
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Mount Darwin (Antarctica), Ross Dependency
Australia
Northern Territory
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City of Darwin
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Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin ( ; Larrakia: ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory.
It is the smalle ...
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Darwin River, Northern Territory
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Division of Darwin, a 1903–1955 election division
Tasmania
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Darwin, Tasmania, a short-lived community
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Mount Darwin (Tasmania)
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Darwin Crater, a suspected meteorite impact crater
Chile
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Darwin Channel
The Darwin Channel forms a westward continuation of the Aisén Fjord and links it to the Pacific Ocean at Isquiliac Island. It is located in the coast of Chile at approximately 45.4° south latitude. This is one of the main channels situated betwe ...
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Darwin Sound
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Cordillera Darwin, Tierra del Fuego, a mountain range
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Mount Darwin (Andes)
Mount Darwin () is a peak in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego forming part of the Cordillera Darwin, the southernmost range of the Andes, just to the north of the Beagle Channel.
Monte Darwin was for a long time considered as the highest peak in ...
, in the mountain range
United States
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Darwin, California, an unincorporated community
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Mount Darwin (California)
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Darwin Falls, a waterfall in California
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Darwin Township, Clark County, Illinois
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Darwin, Illinois, an unincorporated community in the township
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Darwin, Minnesota, a city
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Darwin, Ohio, an unincorporated community
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Darwin, Oklahoma
Darwin is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in western Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States, nine miles west of Antlers, Oklahoma, Antlers. It is approximately one-half mile east of the Atoka Count ...
, an unincorporated community
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Darwin, Texas, a ghost town
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Darwin, Virginia
Darwin is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.
History
Darwin was named for the son of a postal official.
References
Unincorporated communities in Dickenson County, Virginia
Unincorporated ...
, an unincorporated community
Outer space
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Darwin (lunar crater)
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Darwin (Martian crater)
Other
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, Argentina, a municipality
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Darwin (ward), an electoral ward in Greater London
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Darwin, Falkland Islands, a settlement
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Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands
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Mount Darwin (New Zealand) Mount Darwin may refer to:
* Mount Darwin (Andes), mountain in the Andes Mountains in Chile
* Mount Darwin (Antarctica)
* Mount Darwin (California)
Mount Darwin is a flat-topped mountain in the Sierra Nevada, on the border of between Fresno and ...
- see
List of mountains of New Zealand by height
Schools in England
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Darwin College, Cambridge
Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded on 28 July 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after one of the ...
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Darwin College, Kent
Sport
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Darwin Baseball League, a North Australian league
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Darwin Rugby League The Darwin Rugby League is a former rugby league competition based in Darwin, Northern Territory. The competition is administered by the Northern Territory Rugby League which is the body that takes care of the league's affairs. It administered the ...
, a North Australian league
Transport
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Darwin Airline, an airline in Switzerland
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Darwin International Airport, an airport in Australia
Other uses
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Darwin (unit), a unit of evolutionary change
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Darwin Medal, awarded by the Royal Society for biology
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Darwin Awards, tongue-in-cheek awards for people who remove themselves from reproducing through their stupidity
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Darwin Shopping Centre
The Darwin Shopping Centre is the main shopping centre in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, comprising approximately 17 per cent of the town centre's retail offer by leasable area.
It was built by John Laing Developments in 1989 and refurbish ...
, Shrewsbury
* The Darwin Centre,
Natural History Museum, London
See also
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Darwin Bank Darwin Bank ( az, Darvin bankası) is an Azerbaijani bank oil field in the Caspian Sea, – north-east of Baku and west of Pirallahi Island. Industrially significant oil and natural gas resources were discovered here in the 1950s.
To date, 16.2 ...
, an oil field in Azerbaijan
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Darwin Coastal, an IBRA bioregion
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Darwin Dam, a saddle dam in Western Tasmania, Australia
* ''
Darwin 4078'', an arcade game
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Darwin glass
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Darwin rebellion, a 1928 demonstration in Australia
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Port Darwin (disambiguation) Port Darwin is a port in the Northern Territory of Australia
Port Darwin may also refer to.
*Electoral division of Port Darwin, an electorate in the Northern Territory of Australia
*Port Darwin FC, a soccer club in the Northern Territory of Austr ...
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XDarwin
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Darvin (disambiguation)
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Darwen (disambiguation)
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in Lancashire, England.
Darwen may also refer to:
*River Darwen, a river that runs through Darwen and Blackburn in Lancashire, England
*Darwen (UK Parliament constituency) was a county constituency in Lanca ...
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