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Dawkin

/ˈdɔːkɪn/

Dawkin proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Dawkin

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Origin of Dawkin

From a Middle English short form of David + -kin.

Words formed from Dawkin

Questions about Dawkin

What does Dawkin mean?
Dawkin means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Dawkin?
Dawkin is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dawkin?
Dawkin is pronounced /ˈdɔːkɪn/.

Words near Dawkin in the dictionary

  1. dawk
  2. dawk bungalow
  3. dawk bungalows
  4. dawked
  5. Dawkes
  6. Dawkin
  7. dawking
  8. Dawkinite
  9. Dawkinites
  10. Dawkins
  11. Dawkinsian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Dawkin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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