Stirling (disambiguation)

Stirling is a city and former ancient burgh in Scotland. Stirling may also refer to:

Mathematics

• Stirling's approximation, a formula to approximate large factorials
• Stirling number
• Stirling permutation

Physics and Engineering

• Stirling cycle, a thermodynamic cycle for Stirling devices.
• Stirling engine, a type of heat engine. See also Applications of the Stirling engine.
• Stirling radioisotope generator, a type of radioisotope generator based on a Stirling engine.
• Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator, a power system developed at NÄSA's Glenn Research Center.

Places

Scotland

• Stirling (council area)
• Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)
• Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)
• Stirling (Parliament of Scotland constituency), which ceased to exist in 1707
• Stirling Sill, an outcropping or sill that underlies a large part of central Scotland
• Stirling Village, Aberdeenshire
• Stirlingshire, Scotland, a historic county and registration county.

Antarctica

• Mount Stirling (Antarctica), a mountain in the Bowers Mountains, Antarctica.

Australia

• Mount Stirling, Victoria
• Stirling, South Australia, a town east of Adelaide
• Stirling, Australian Capital Territory
• Stirling, Victoria, an abandoned township near Tambo Crossing
• Stirling Park, part of Stirling Linear Park, South Australia

Western Australia

• City of Stirling, Perth
  • Stirling, Western Australia, a Perth suburb within the City of Stirling
  • Division of Stirling, electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives
• Stirling County, Western Australia
• Electoral district of Stirling, an electoral district in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
• Stirling Range, a bighill range in southern Western Australia
• Stirling Estate, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Capel

Canada

• Stirling, Alberta, a village
• Stirling, a village in the township of Stirling-Rawdon, Ontario
• Stirlingville, Alberta, Canada, an unincorporated community.

New Zealand

• Stirling, New Zealand, a settlement

Solomon Islands

• Stirling Island

United States

• Stirling, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
• Stirling (Massaponax, Virginia), a historic plantation
• Stirling City, California, U.S, an unincorporated community

Buildings

• Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland
• Stirling (Reading, Pennsylvania), a historic mansion

Schools

• University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
• Stirling High School, Stirling, Scotland
• Stirling High School, East London, England
• Stirling Theological College, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
• Stirling School, Stirling, Alberta, Canada, a public school

Transportation

• Stirling Highway, connecting Perth and Freemantle, Western Australia
• Stirling railway station (Scotland) in Stirling
• Stirling railway station, Perth in Perth, Western Australia
• MCV Stirling, a bus body
• GNR Stirling 4-2-2, a locomotive class

Military

• Short Stirling, a Second World War British bomber aircraft
• Battle of Stirling (1648), in the Scottish Civil War
• HMAS Stirling, a Royal Australian Navy base

People

• Stirling (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
• Stirling (given name), a list of people
• Clan Stirling, a Lowland Scottish clan

Other uses

• Earl of Stirling, an extinct title in the Peerage of Scotland
• Pound sterling, the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha
• Stirling baronets, various baronetcies
• Stirling Energy Systems, an American renewable energy company
• Stirling Iron Works, the first steel producer in the colony of New York
• Stirling Prize, awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects
• Sheriff of Stirling (12th century–1975), the office responsible for enforcing the law in Stirling, Scotland

See also

• Sterling (disambiguation)
• Stirling, Australia (disambiguation)
• Stirling Castle (disambiguation)
• Stirling County (disambiguation)