Stirling

Meanings

1. A placename:
2. A city in Stirling council area, Scotland, originally in Stirlingshire.
3. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, with its administrative centre in the city.
4. A former local government district in Central Region, Scotland from 1975 to 1996, which became the council area.
5. A settlement near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, otherwise known as Stirling Village (OS grid ref NK1242).
6. A village in the County of Warner, Alberta, Canada.
7. A village in Stirling-Rawdon township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
8. A census-designated place in Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
9. A settlement near Balclutha, South Otago, New Zealand.
10. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
11. A town in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
12. A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Scots Stirveling, from Early Scots Strivelin, Strivelyn, likely from Old Irish sreb, srib (“stream”) + linn (“pool, lake”). Cognate with Old French Estrivelin, Middle Welsh Ystriflin.

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