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Stirling
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English
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Etymology
en gmw-msc Stirveling, from en enm-esc Strivelin, enm Strivelyn, likely from en sga sreb, sga srib stream38760 sreb, srib + sga linn pool, lake.30274 1 linn Cognate with fro Estrivelin, wlm Ystriflin.Clancy Thomas Owen The Etymologies of Pluscarden and Stirling 26 July 2021 The Journal of Scottish Names Studies 17 https://clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JSNS/article/view/143 2054-9385 https://web.archive.org/web/20240910075452/https://clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JSNS/article/view/143 10 September 2024.
Pronunciation
en /ˈstɪɾ.lɪŋ/ Scotland
en /ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sterling.wav Southern England
en /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/ GA
en ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ 2
en sterling<aa:fern-fur-fur
Proper noun
A en placename:
en city carea/Stirling cc/Scotland, originally in Stirlingshire.
en council area cc/Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, with its administrative centre in the city.
en former local government district in r:Suf/Central cc/Scotland from 1975 to 1996, which became the council area.
en settlement near x/Peterhead in carea/Aberdeenshire cc/Scotland, otherwise known as Stirling Village OS grid ref NK1242.
en village in the County of x/Warner p/Alberta c/Canada.
en village twp:suf/Stirling-Rawdon co/Hastings County p/Ontario c/Canada.
en CDP twp:Suf/Long Hill co/Morris County s/New Jersey c/USA. TopoZone: Stirling, New Jersey
en settlement near town/Balclutha South r/Otago c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en suburb city/Canberra terr/Australian Capital Territory c/Australia.
en town carea/Adelaide Hills s/South Australia.
en locality shire:Pref/East Gippsland eastern s/Victoria c/Australia.
en lgarea , the City of Stirling, in the northern suburbs of city/Perth s/Western Australia.
en suburb within the city in s/Western Australia.
en Scottish habitational derived from the town.
en male surnames.
Derived terms
en Stirling City Stirling cycle Stirling engine Stirling-Rawdon Stirlingshire
Translations
city in Scotland
Scottish Gaelic: gd Sruighlea
See also
en Sterling
References