stirling (disambiguation)

A number of places are named Stirling:

Stirling, a city in Scotland (formerly the Royal Burgh of Stirling).
Stirling (district), a unitary council administered from the city of Stirling.
Stirlingshire, the traditional county (of which the then Royal Burgh of Stirling was the administrative centre).
Stirling Castle, a castle in Stirling.
Stirling, a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Village of Stirling, Alberta, Canada.
Stirling-Rawdon Township, Ontario, Canada.
Stirling, a village in Morris County New Jersey, USA.
Stirling, a suburb and local government area in Perth, Western Australia.
Stirling, a city and region in South Australia.

Additionally, the surname Stirling is shared by a number of people:

James Stirling (1692-1770), mathematician.
Reverend Dr.Robert Stirling (1790-1878), inventor of the Stirling engine.
Sir James Stirling (1791-1865), governor of Western Australia in the 1830s.
Colonel Sir David Stirling (1915-1990), founder of the Special Air Service.
James Stirling (1926-1992), architect.
S.M. Stirling (1953-), Science Fiction author.

Several things are named Stirling too, either after the city or their inventor:

Stirling engine, an engine working on temperature diference, invented by Robert Stirling. To produce the heat one can utilize any wasteheat, solar energy or combustibles.
The Stirling Prize for architecture, named after architect James Stirling.
Short Stirling, a World War II British bomber aircraft.
Stirling Castle (liner).
Stirling Castle (warship).
Stirling boiler
Stirling numbers
Stirling's approximation

Stirling is often confused with Sterling.

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