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  1. Selwyn, selwyn: Wordnik
  2. Selwyn: Wiktionary
  3. Selwyn (New Zealand electorate), Selwyn (name), Selwyn (singer), Selwyn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. selwyn: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Selwyn)

noun:  A surname transferred from the given name.
noun:  A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname, in quiet use since the 19th century.
noun:  Any of a number of places in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and US.
noun:  The Selwyn River, a river in Canterbury, New Zealand, named after Bishop George Selwyn.
noun:  A small settlement on the south side of the river in Canterbury, New Zealand.
noun:  Selwyn District, a territorial authority in Canterbury, New Zealand, named after the river.
noun:  A locality, formerly a mining town in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, named after the Selwyn Range.
noun:  A township in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada, renamed from Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield in 2013.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.
noun:  (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Selwyn College, Cambridge.

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