Stirling

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ
• Homophone: sterling

Proper noun

Stirling

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

Derived terms

• Stirling City
• Stirling cycle
• Stirling engine
• Stirling-Rawdon
• Stirlingshire

Translations

city in Scotland

• Scottish Gaelic: Sruighlea

See also

• Sterling