Stirling (disambiguation): Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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, a type of external combustion engine, invented by Robert Stirling.
• The Stirling Prize for architecture, named after architect James Stirling.
• Shorts Stirling bomber, a World War II British bomber aircraft.
• Stirling Castle (liner).
• Stirling Castle (warship).

Stirling is often confused with Sterling.