- Eureka
"Eureka" (or 'Heureka'; Greek polytonic|εύρηκα/ηύρηκα) is a famous exclamation attributed to
Archimedes , see:Eureka (word) .Places
Numerous places are named for the expression:
In the United States
Cities and towns
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Eureka, California
*Eureka, Illinois
**Eureka College
*Eureka, Indiana
*Eureka, Kansas
*Eureka, Louisiana
*Eureka, Missouri
*Eureka, Montana
*Eureka, Nevada
*Eureka, North Carolina
*Eureka, South Dakota
*Eureka, Utah
*Eureka, Wisconsin
*Eureka Springs, Arkansas
*Eureka Township, Adair County, Iowa
*Eureka Township, Michigan
*Eureka Township, Dakota County, Minnesota
*Eureka Valley (Inyo County) , California
*Eureka Valley (San Francisco) , California, a neighborhoodOutside the United States
*Eureka,
Nova Scotia in Canada
*Eureka, Nunavut in Canada
*Eureka Sound , Nunavut, Canada
*Eureka,Transvaal in South Africa
*Eureka,Waikato in New Zealand
*Eureka,New South Wales in Australia
*Eureka Pass , a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada
*Eureka, Mid-Atlas, MoroccoHistorical
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Eureka, Arizona , late 19th century ghost town 30 miles north of Yuma on the Colorado River
*Eureka (ferryboat) , an 1890-built steam ferryboat now preserved in San Francisco
*Eureka Stockade , an 1854 goldminers' rebellion in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
**Eureka Flag , a symbol of the Eureka Stockadecience and technology
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5261 Eureka , an asteroid co-orbital with Mars
*EUREKA , the pan-European research and development inter-governmental initiative
*Eureka 147, also known as theDigital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) system
*Eureka beacon , used by Allies during World War II to guide paratroopers to drop zones
*"Eureka" (magazine), published by the Cambridge University Mathematical Society
*Eureka (OPAC) , a library search engine developed by RLG
*Eureka! (museum) , a museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
*Heureka , a science centre in Vantaa, Finland
*The Eureka , a machine for generating Latin verses
*EURECA , a European scientific satelliteEntertainment
* "", 1848 essay by Edgar Allan Poe
* "Eureka" (Jim O'Rourke album) whose title track was featured in the 2000 film
*Eureka! (video game) , a text adventureFilm and television
* "Eureka" (TV series), 2006–, on the Sci Fi Channel (U.S.), shown in the UK as "A Town Called Eureka"
* "Eureka!" (TV series), a 1980s Canadian educational series produced by TVOntario
* "Eureeka's Castle ", a TV series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1989 to 1995
* "Eureka Seven ", a mecha anime by the BONES studio; using the Japanese alphabet, the pronunciation of the word as it is used in the anime is "Eh-oo-re(le)-ka"
**Eureka, a main character in "Eureka Seven"
* "Eureka Maru ", a fictional starship in the TV series "Andromeda"
* "Eureka" (1984 film), directed by Nicolas Roeg and starred Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke, and Joe Pesci
* "Eureka" (2000 film), directed by Shinji Aoyama
* "Eureka Stockade" (film), 1949, AustraliaOther meanings
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Eureka Tower , a 91-storey residential building in Melbourne, Australia
*Eureka (French automobile) , a French automobile
*Eureka (1900 automobile) , an American automobile
*Eureka (1907 automobile) , an American automobile
*Eureka (Oz) , Dorothy Gale's cat in "The Wizard of Oz", so named because Uncle Henry found her
*Eureka (vacuum cleaner) /The Eureka Company, a brand of vacuum and other floor care products currently owned by the parent company AB Electrolux
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