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Stirling
Stirling town (1991 pop. 38,638), Stirling council area, central Scotland, on the Forth River. The center of a large farm district, it has livestock markets and light industries making agricultural machinery, carpets, and meat products (bacon curing). Stirling Castle, on a hill above the town, long rivaled Edinburgh as a royal residence. A mighty fortress 420 ft (128 m) above the Forth, it overlooks several famous battlefields, including Stirling Bridge, where William Wallace routed an English army in 1297, and Bannockburn . The castle may have been built in the 12th cent.; it was the birthplace of James II and (probably) James III and James IV. Many assemblies were held in the castle's Parliament House, built by James III. Other points of interest are the Church of the Holy Rude (13th cent.), where Mary Stuart and James IV were crowned as infants, and monuments to Wallace and Robert I (Robert the Bruce). The Univ. of Stirling (1967) is there. |
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"Stirling." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Stirling." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Strlng.html "Stirling." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Strlng.html |
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Stirling
Stirling, Australia, Canada, Solomon Islands, UK, USA 1. Australia (Western Australia): a mountain range discovered in 1802 by Matthew Flinders† and named after Admiral Sir James Stirling, first governor of Western Australia (1828–39) and the leader of the group of initial colonists.2. UK (Scotland): formerly Strevelin and Urbs Giudi, mentioned by the Venerable Bede (c.673–735), may be an earlier reference to the same place. The meaning is obscure, but it might be ‘Flowing Water’.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Stirling." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Stirling." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Stirling.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Stirling." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Stirling.html |
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Stirling
Stirling ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from the town in Scotland. The place name is of uncertain derivation, perhaps from Old Welsh ystre Velyn ‘dwelling of Melyn’.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Stirling." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Stirling." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Stirling.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Stirling." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Stirling.html |
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Stirling
Stirling Aber. Strevelin 1124, Sterling c.1470. Meaning uncertain. The name may have originally been that of the river, now the Forth, on which Stirling stands.
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A. D. MILLS. "Stirling." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Stirling." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Stirling.html A. D. MILLS. "Stirling." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Stirling.html |
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Stirling
Stirling council area and former county, Scotland: see Stirlingshire . |
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"Stirling." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Stirling." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Strlngcnty.html "Stirling." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Strlngcnty.html |
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Stirling, Arthur
Stirling, Arthur, pseudonym of Upton Sinclair.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Stirling, Arthur." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Stirling, Arthur." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-StirlingArthur.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Stirling, Arthur." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-StirlingArthur.html |
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Stirling
•brambling, rambling
•hatchling • brandling
•gangling, wrangling
•crackling • sapling
•fatling, Gatling
•mantling, scantling
•darling, sparling, starling
•sampling • starveling
•dwelling, misspelling, self-propelling, spelling, swelling, telling, upwelling
•trembling • vetchling • fledgling
•nestling, wrestling
•storytelling
•failing, grayling, mailing, paling, railing, sailing, tailing, unavailing, veiling, wailing
•changeling • boardsailing
•parasailing
•appealing, ceiling, Darjeeling, dealing, feeling, Keeling, peeling, revealing, self-sealing, shieling, wheeler-dealing, wheeling
•reedling, seedling
•weakling • Riesling
•deskilling, filling, grilling, killing, Pilling, quilling, Schilling, self-fulfilling, shilling, Trilling, unfulfilling, willing
•sibling • kindling • piffling
•inkling, sprinkling, tinkling
•Kipling, stripling
•princeling • witling
•brisling, quisling
•painkilling
•filing, piling, reviling, tiling, unsmiling
•motorcycling • hairstyling • rockling
•gosling
•calling, Pauling
•lordling • porkling
•cowling, fowling
•foundling, groundling
•ruling, schooling
•intercooling • wirepulling
•grumbling
•buckling, duckling, Suckling
•youngling • coupling • dumpling
•puzzling • swashbuckling
•shearling, yearling
•hireling
•towelling (US toweling)
•gruelling (US grueling)
•babbling, dabbling
•marbling • scribbling
•mumbling, rumbling
•sanderling • middling • doodling
•underling • rifling • shuffling
•strangling • fingerling
•enamelling (US enameling)
•rustling • rattling
•bitterling, chitterling
•titling
•sterling, Stirling
•nurseling, nursling
•earthling
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"Stirling." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Stirling." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Stirling.html "Stirling." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Stirling.html |
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