Stirling (disambiguation)

Stirling (disambiguation)

Stirling is a city in Scotland (formerly the Royal Burgh of Stirling). It also refers to several places related to this city:

* Stirling (council area)
* Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)
* Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)
* Stirlingshire, former "County of Stirling"
* Stirling Castle, castle in the city

It also refers to the following places.

Places

Australia

* City of Stirling, government area in Perth, Western Australia
**Stirling, Western Australia, Perth suburb within the City of Stirling
**Division of Stirling, electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives
* Stirling Range, mountain range in southern Western Australia
* Electoral district of Stirling, electoral district in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
* Stirling, South Australia, town and region east of Adelaide
* Stirling, Australian Capital Territory, suburb of Canberra

Canada

* Maybutt, Alberta, also known as New Stirling
* Stirling, Alberta
* Stirling Lake, located near Stirling, Alberta
* Stirling, Ontario
* Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario
* Stirlingville, Alberta

Solomon Islands

* Stirling Island

United States

* Stirling, New Jersey
* Stirling, New York
* Stirling City, California

Stirling also refers to:

Mathematics

* Stirling number
* Stirling's approximation for large factorials

People

* James Stirling (mathematician) (1692-1770)
* Robert Stirling (1790-1878), inventor of Stirling engine
* James Stirling (Australian governor) (1791-1865)
* Waite Hockin Stirling (1829-1923), missionary and first Bishop of the Falkland Islands
* David Stirling (1915-1990), founder of Special Air Service
* James Stirling (architect) (1926-1992), architect
* S. M. Stirling (1953-), science fiction author
* Stirling Moss, British race car driver
* Rachael Stirling (1977-), English actress
* Stirling Mortlock (1977-), rugby player

Other

* Stirling engine, engine working on temperature difference
* Water-tube boiler, also called the "Stirling boiler"
* Stirling Prize (Royal Institute of British Architects)
* Short Stirling, World War II British bomber aircraft
* Stirling Castle (disambiguation), several ships named after the castle
* Clan Stirling, a Lowland Scottish clan
* Stirling School
* Stirling Settler Days


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