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