Darien
Encyclopedia
Darien is a masculine name; variants include Darian and Darion. Darien may refer to:
Panama
- Darién GapDarién GapThe Darién Gap is a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest separating Panama's Darién Province in Central America from Colombia in South America. It measures just over long and about wide. Roadbuilding through this area is expensive, and the environmental toll is steep. Political...
, border area between Panama and Colombia - Darién National ParkDarién National ParkDarién National Park is a world heritage site in Panama. It is about 325 kilometers from Panama City, and is the most extensive of all national parks of Panama and is one of the most important world heritage sites in Central America....
- Darién ProvinceDarién ProvinceDarién is a province in eastern Panama. It is also the largest province in Panama. It is hot, humid, heavily forested, and sparsely populated, having 48,378 habitants...
- Gulf of DariénGulf of DariénThe Gulf of Darién is the southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea, located north and east of the border between Panama and Colombia. Within the gulf is the Gulf of Urabá, a small lip of sea extending southward, between Caribana Point and Cape Tiburón, Colombia, on the southern shores of which is...
- Santa María la Antigua del DariénSanta María la Antigua del DariénSanta María la Antigua del Darién was a Spanish colonial town founded in 1510 by Vasco Núñez de Balboa, located in present-day Colombia approximately 40 miles south of Acandí...
, town founded in 1510
United States
- Darien, ConnecticutDarien, ConnecticutDarien is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. A relatively small community on Connecticut's "Gold Coast", the population was 20,732 at the 2010 census. Darien was listed at #9 at CNN Money's list of "top-earning towns" in the United States as of 2011...
- Darien, GeorgiaDarien, GeorgiaDarien is a city in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States. It lies on Georgia's coast at the mouth of the Altamaha River about 50 miles south of Savannah, and is part of the Brunswick, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Darien was 1,719 at the 2000 census. The city is the...
- Darien, IllinoisDarien, IllinoisDarien is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, USA. The population was 22,086 at the 2010 census.A suburb of Chicago, Darien was named after a town in Connecticut.-Popular culture:...
- Darien, New YorkDarien, New YorkDarien is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The population was 3,061 at the 2000 census.The Town of Darien lies in the southwest part of Genesee County, southwest of Batavia.- History :...
- Darien, WisconsinDarien, WisconsinDarien is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It is pronounced or . The population was 1,572 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Darien.-Geography:Darien is located at ....
- Darien (town), WisconsinDarien (town), WisconsinDarien is a town in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,747 at the 2000 census. The Village of Darien is located within the town...
First name
- Darien AngadiDarien AngadiDarien Angadi was an English actor.Darien was born in Stoke Newington, and attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School where he was a prolific performer in school plays. In 1965 whilst at the school, he was a member of the school team for BBC Television's Television Top of the Form...
(1949–1984), British actor - Darien BoswellDarien BoswellDarien Graham Boswell is a former New Zealand rower.At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew members Leslie Arthur, Colin Cordes, Alistair Dryden, Alan Grey, Christian Larsen, Louis Lobel, Robert Page and Alan...
(born 1938), New Zealand rower - Darien BrockingtonDarien BrockingtonDarien Brockington is an American singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and actor. Born in Washington, DC and raised in Durham, NC, Brockington was exposed to music early on in life and began singing at the age of 2. He was brought up in a Seventh-Day Adventist Church and sang his first solo at 6...
(born 1979), American singer - Darien FentonDarien FentonDarien Fenton is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament.-Personal life and early career:Fenton's grandfather, Fred Frost, was a Labour MP for New Plymouth from 1938 – 1943....
(born 1954), New Zealand politician - Darien FerrerDarien FerrerDarien Ferrer Delis is a volleyball player from Cuba, who plays as a middle-blocker for the Men's National Team. He ended up in second place at the first 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Düsseldorf, where Cuba missed qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR...
(born 1983), Cuban volleyball player - Darien Graham-SmithDarien Graham-SmithDr Darien Graham-Smith is a British journalist, scholar and thespian. He was born in London in 1975.Dr Graham-Smith holds the title of Technical Editor at the British periodical PC Pro, published monthly by Dennis Publishing, where he is responsible for coverage of technical issues ranging from...
(born 1975), British journalist - Darien Sills-Evans (born 1974), American actor
- Darien Habet (born 1992), Belizean A-lister
Fiction
- Camila Darién, fictional character in the Mexican television series PasiónPasión (telenovela)Pasión ' is the telenovela that began transmissions on September 17, 2007, in Mexico; Canal de las Estrellas. The novela is a production of Carla Estrada and the stars are Susana González, Fernando Colunga, Sebastián Rulli, and Daniela Castro....
- Darien Kjeldor, fictional character in the game Magic: The Gathering
- Darien Lambert, fictional character in the television series Time Trax
- Darien Maugrim, fictional character in The Fionavar Tapestry novels by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Darien Shields, fictional character in the anime series Sailor Moon
Other uses
- Darién, brand of bananas distributed in the U.S. by Turbana (company)Turbana (company)Turbana is a brand of the Colombian banana export company Uniban. Turbana distributes bananas in the United States under its own name and also under the name Darien.-External links:* http://www.turbana.com/company_info/overview.htm...
- Darien IIDarien IIDarien II was the last ship to bring Aliya Bet refugees to Haifa , on March 19, 1941, during World War II.Originally named the Pole Star, it was built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1892 for the Northern Lighthouse Board. After changing names and ownership several times it became the Sophia S in 1939...
, World War II refugee ship - Darien Pocket GopherDarien Pocket GopherThe Darien Pocket Gopher is a species of rodent in the Geomyidae family. It is endemic to Panama....
, rodent native to Panama - Darién schemeDarién schemeThe Darién scheme was an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to become a world trading nation by establishing a colony called "New Caledonia" on the Isthmus of Panama in the late 1690s...
, attempt by Scotland to establish a colony in Panama in the 1690s
See also
- Darian (disambiguation)
- Dairen, the Japanese name for Dalian, China