|
Not to be confused with Sterling.
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
- Stirling, Alberta, Canada
- Stirling Lake, located near Stirling, Alberta.
- Stirling-Rawdon Township, Ontario, Canada
Solomon Islands
United States
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)
- 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
- J. A. Stirling, Managing Director of The Trusts, Executors and Securities Corporation of London.
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
