Stirling

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Scotland/ˈstɪɾ.lɪŋ/UK/ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/US/ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/

proper noun

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, with its administrative centre in the city.

OriginMiddle Scots Stirveling ← Early Scots Strivelin ← Old Irish sreb →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A placename:
    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.
    3. A settlement near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, otherwise known as Stirling Village (OS grid ref NK1242).
    4. A village in the County of Warner, Alberta, Canada.
    5. A village in Stirling-Rawdon township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. A census-designated place in Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
    7. A settlement near Balclutha, South Otago, New Zealand.
    8. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
    9. A town in Adelaide Hills council area, South Australia.
    10. A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
    11. A local government area, the City of Stirling, in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.
    12. 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.

Origin

  1. Old Irishsreb
  2. Early ScotsStrivelin
  3. Middle ScotsStirveling
  4. EnglishStirling

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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Translations

Scottish Gaelic Sruighlea
  • Sruighleacity in Scotland

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Stirling

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

Stirling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stirling

MLA

“Stirling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stirling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stirling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stirling.

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