Darling

See also: darling

English

The Darling River, near Bourke

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːlɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋ
• Homophone: darling

Proper noun

Darling

1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from darling.
   • 2005, Michael Dowling, Jürgen Schmude, Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship Research:

     Richard and David Darling, founders of Codemasters, a multimillion-pound computer game company, dropped out of school aged 15 and 16 to write computer games […]

2. A major river of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, named for Governor Ralph Darling.
3. The Australian aboriginal language Baagandji, spoken along this river in New South Wales.
4. A small town in Western Cape province, South Africa.
5. A census-designated place in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.

Derived terms

• Darling pea

 

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Baagandji terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Darling, drl ⁠

Anagrams

• Lingard, larding

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Darling, from darling.

Proper noun

Darling

1. a female given name from English