Stirling (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Places 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada 1.3 Solomon Islands 1.4 United States 2 Mathematics 3 People 4 Other

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.

[edit] Places

[edit] 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

[edit] Canada

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

[edit] Solomon Islands

• Stirling Island

[edit] United States

• Stirling, New Jersey
• Stirling City, California

Stirling also refers to:

[edit] Mathematics

• Stirling number
• Stirling's approximation for large factorials

[edit] 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

[edit] 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