Darien, town, United States

Darien dârˈēĕnˌ [key], residential town (2020 pop. 21,499), 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.

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