Darien, residential town (1990 pop. 18,130), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled c.1641, inc. 1820. An affluent suburb on Connecticut's "Gold Coast," it has private waterfront clubs as well as both 18th-century and new houses.

Traditional region, eastern Panama. Extending into northwestern Colombia, it forms the link between Central America and South America. A hot, humid area of tropical rainforests, it has always been sparsely populated. The first European settlement in South America, Santa María de la Antigua del Darién, was attempted there in 1510. From this failing colony Vasco Núñez de Balboa made his famous march to the Pacific Ocean in 1513.

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Darien may refer to:

In or associated with the Panama/Colombia area:

• Darién Province, Panama
• Santa María la Antigua del Darién, the town founded by Vasco Núñez de Balboa in Panama in 1510
• Darien scheme, a disastrous campaign by the Company of Scotland to found a Scottish colony in Panama in the 17th c.
• Darién National Park, Panama
• Darién Gap, an area straddling the border of Panama and Colombia
• Gulf of Darién, a gulf of the Caribbean Sea extending into Colombia near the border with Panama
• Darién, a brand of bananas distributed in the United States by Colombian company Turbana

In the United States of America:

• Darien, Connecticut
• Darien, Georgia
• Darien, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago
• Darien, New York
• Darien (town), Wisconsin
• Darien, Wisconsin, a village the town of Darien

Other:

• Darien Ferrer, a Cuban volleyball player
• Georges Darien, a French writer
• Darien, the former transliteration of the name of Dalian in China
• Darien, the anglicized name of Chiba Mamoru (Tuxedo Mask) in the Sailor Moon anime
• Darien Lambert, protagonist of the sci-fi series Time Trax

• Darien, a furcadia screenname