Stirling.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
A placename: A settlement near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, otherwise known as Stirling Village (OS grid ref NK1242).
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A placename: A village in Stirling-Rawdon township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
A placename: A census-designated place in Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
A placename: A settlement near Balclutha, South Otago, New Zealand.
A placename: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
A placename: A town in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
A placename: A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
A placename: A local government area, the City of Stirling, in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.
A placename: A suburb within the city in Western Australia.
A Scottish habitational surname derived from the town.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Where this word comes from
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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