Irwin

//ˈɝwɪn// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Scottish or Irish surname originating as a patronymic. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Merced County, California. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Bonneville County, Idaho. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Kankakee County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Shelby County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Union Township, Union County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Venango County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Lancaster County, South Carolina. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A local government area, the Shire of Irwin, in the Mid West region, Western Australia. countable, uncountable

Example

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"Worden circled the moon in the command module while fellow astronauts Jim Irwin and David Scott explored the surface."

Etymology

From a medieval given name Erwin, Old English eofor (“boar”) + wine (“friend”), the latter of which is from Proto-West Germanic *wini.

Related phrases

Irwin County

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