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Common meanings

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English natural history#Before 1900, naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all speci ...

(1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection *

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 small ...

, a territorial capital city in Australia

Arts and entertainment

* ''Darwin'' (1920 film), a German silent film * ''Darwin'' (2011 film), a documentary * ''Darwin'' (2015 film), a science fiction film by Alain Desrochers * Darwin (''seaQuest DSV''), a dolphin in the TV series ''seaQuest DSV'' * '' Darwin!'', a 1972 album by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso * '' Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist'', a 1991 biography of Charles Darwin *

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 ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who atten ...

Astronomy

* 1991 Darwin, a main-belt asteroid * Darwin (lunar crater) * Darwin (Martian crater) * Darwin (spacecraft), a European Space Agency project

Computing

Darwin (operating system) Darwin is an open-source Unix operating system first released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code derived from NeXTSTEP, BSD, Mach, and other free software projects' code, as well as code developed by Apple. Darwin forms the Unix ...

, the Unix base for Apple's iOS and macOS operating systems *

Darwin (programming game) Darwin was a programming game invented in August 1961 by Victor A. Vyssotsky, Robert Morris Sr., and M. Douglas McIlroy. (Dennis Ritchie is sometimes incorrectly cited as a co-author, but was not involved.) The game was developed at Bell Lab ...

* Darwin (programming language) *

Darwin (ADL) Darwin is an architecture description language (ADL). It can be used in a software engineering Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of sof ...

, an architecture description language *

Darwin Information Typing Architecture The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) specification defines a set of document types for authoring and organizing topic-oriented information, as well as a set of mechanisms for combining, extending, and constraining document types. It i ...

* Darwin Streaming Server

People

* Darwin (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *

Darwin (given name) Darwin is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Darwin Atapuma (born 1988), Colombian cyclist * Darwin Cerén (born 1989), Salvadoran footballer *Darwin Cook (born 1958), American basketball coach and former player * Darwin Echever ...

, a given name (including a list of people with the name)

Places

Antarctica

Darwin Glacier (Antarctica) Darwin Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica. It flows from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin Mountains and the Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The lower part of the glacier was mapped by the British National Antarctic Ex ...

, Oates Land *

Darwin Mountains The Darwin Mountains is a group of mountains between the Darwin and Hatherton glaciers in Antarctica. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major Leonard Darwin, at that time Honorary Secretary of the R ...

, Oates Land *

Mount Darwin (Antarctica) Mount Darwin () is a prominent nunatak or glacier island, at the head of the Beardmore Glacier, near the edge of the polar plateau and about 5 mi WSW of Mount Bowers, rising to about 2,500 m (8,200 ft). It was discovered and named ...

, Ross Dependency

Australia

Northern Territory

City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin City, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of ...

Darwin River, Northern Territory Darwin River is an outer suburban area in Darwin. The name of the locality derived from the Darwin River which flows through the locality.

Division of Darwin The Division of Darwin was an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1903 and abolished in 1955, west coast Tasmania locations at the last election held when it was replaced by the Division of Braddon. It was n ...

, a 1903–1955 election division

Tasmania

Darwin, Tasmania *''See also the Australian federal electoral Division of Darwin (1903–1955) for the electoral division now known as Division of Braddon'' Darwin was a surveyed and short-lived community at the eastern side of Mount Darwin on the West Coast Ra ...

, a short-lived community *

Mount Darwin (Tasmania) Mount Darwin is a mountain located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. With an elevation of above sea level, the mountain is situated on the West Coast Range. On the eastern side of the mountain is Darwin, a long-abandoned tow ...

Darwin Crater Darwin Crater is a suspected meteorite impact crater in Western Tasmania about south of Queenstown, just within the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park. The crater is expressed as a rimless circular flat-floored depression, in diamet ...

, a suspected meteorite impact crater

Chile

* Darwin Channel * Darwin Sound * Cordillera Darwin, Tierra del Fuego, a mountain range ** Mount Darwin (Andes), in the mountain range

United States

Darwin, California Darwin is an unincorporated mining community in Inyo County, California, United States. It is located southeast of Keeler, at an elevation of . The population was 43 at the 2010 census, down from 54 at the 2000 census. History It is named af ...

, an unincorporated community * Mount Darwin (California) * Darwin Falls, a waterfall in California * Darwin Township, Clark County, Illinois ** Darwin, Illinois, an unincorporated community in the township * Darwin, Minnesota, a city * Darwin, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Darwin, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community * Darwin, Texas, a ghost town * Darwin, Virginia, an unincorporated community

Outer space

* Darwin (lunar crater) * Darwin (Martian crater)

Other

Darwin, Río Negro Darwin is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina.Ministerio del Interior

Refere ...

, Argentina, a municipality *

Darwin (ward) Darwin is a ward of the London Borough of Bromley, named after Charles Darwin, who lived and worked in the ward for 40 years. Geography It is the largest ward in Greater London, covering a very rural area including Downe, Cudham, Leaves Green, ...

, an electoral ward in Greater London *

Darwin, Falkland Islands Darwin is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, lying on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, north of Goose Green. It was known occasionally (and still is from time to time) as Port Darwin. A ...

, a settlement *

Darwin Island Darwin Island (Spanish: ''Isla Darwin'') is among the smallest in the Galápagos Archipelago with an area of just . It is named in honour of English scientist Charles Darwin. With no dry landing sites, Darwin Island's main attractions are fo ...

, Galapagos Islands *

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

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 th ...

* Darwin College, Kent

Sport

* Darwin Baseball League, a North Australian league * Darwin Rugby League, a North Australian league

Transport

* Darwin Airline, an airline in Switzerland *

Darwin International Airport Darwin International Airport is the busiest airport serving the Northern Territory and the tenth busiest airport in Australia. It is the only airport serving Darwin. The airport is located in Darwin's northern suburbs, from Darwin city ...

, an airport in Australia

Other uses

* Darwin (unit), a unit of evolutionary change *

Darwin Medal The Darwin Medal is one of the medals awarded by the Royal Society for "distinction in evolution, biological diversity and developmental, population and organismal biology". In 1885, International Darwin Memorial Fund was transferred to the ...

, awarded by the Royal Society for biology *

Darwin Awards The Darwin Awards are a tongue-in-cheek honor that originated in Usenet newsgroup discussions around 1985. They recognize individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool by dying or b ...

, tongue-in-cheek awards for people who remove themselves from reproducing through their stupidity * Darwin Shopping Centre, Shrewsbury * The Darwin Centre,

Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more ...

, London