The Collaborative International Dictionary
Destin \Des"tin\, n. [Cf. F. destin.]
Destiny. [Obs.]
--Marston.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
obsolete form of destine (q.v.).
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Housing Units (2000): 10599
Land area (2000): 7.527543 sq. miles (19.496247 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.649906 sq. miles (1.683248 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.177449 sq. miles (21.179495 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17325
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 30.393407 N, 86.475276 W
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Wikipedia
Destin may refer to:
- Destin, Florida, United States, city in Okaloosa County
- Destin Bridge, connects Destin, Florida with Santa Rosa Island
- "Destin" (song), 1995 single by Céline Dion, from the album D'eux
- Destin Makita (born 1984), football (soccer) player
- Destin Onka Malonga (born 1988), football (soccer) player
- Destin Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline
- John Destin (born 1986), football cornerback
- Destin Damachoua (born 1986), basketball player
- Destin Destine (1895–?), sport shooter
- Destin Sandlin (born 1981), YouTube educator
"Destin" (meaning "Destiny") is a radio single by Celine Dion from her album D'eux. It was released in January 1996 in Canada.
The track was written and produced by Jean-Jacques Goldman.
No video was made for the song.
"Destin" was featured later on Dion's greatest hits compilation On ne change pas (2005). A live version was included on her Live à Paris album, recorded during the D'eux Tour. Dion performed the song during the Francophone concerts of her 2008-09 Taking Chances World Tour, included on the French edition of the CD/DVD Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert, and during her historic performance in front of 250,000 spectators to celebrate Quebec's 400th anniversary, which was included on Céline sur les Plaines DVD in 2008. Dion also performed the song during her Sans attendre Tour; the Quebec City performance was included in the Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 CD/DVD.
The song was a radio hit in Quebec. It entered the Quebec Airplay Chart on January 20, 1996 and peaked at number 3, staying thirty seven weeks on the chart.
Usage examples of "destin".
Destin, with a known face, was pridelessly glad that he blended into the general dishevelment and diversion of attention to other matters, and was thus unrecognized.
What safer beach was there than this unknown sweep of Destin, where no dune buggies or vehicles of any kind could ever come to hurt you with their wheels or their hideousness, or their noise.
Highway 98 ran through the coastal towns of Navarre, Fort Walton Beach, Destin and SanDestin.
Of course, that was up north, a little town called Destin, near Fort Walton Beach.