sterling
11Sterling — Ster ling, n. [OE. sterlynge, starling, for easterling, LL. esterlingus, probably from Easterling, once the popular name of German trades in England, whose money was of the purest quality: cf. MHG. sterlink a certain coin. Cf. {East}. Certain… …
12Sterling — Stêrling, der Nahme einer eingebildeten Münzart, oder einer Rechnungsmünze in England, welche den wahren Münzarten beygefüget wird, ihren Gehalt näher zu bestimmen. Ein Pfund Sterling, ein Schilling Sterling. Das Wort ist alt und vermuthlich… …
13Sterling — m English: transferred use of the surname, which may represent a hypercorrected form of the nickname Starling (referring to the bird). As a given name, however, Sterling is likely to have been chosen because of its association with the vocabulary …
14sterling — [stʉr′liŋ] n. [ME sterlinge, Norman silver penny < OFr esterlin < Frank * esterling, dim. < VL istater < LL(Ec) stater,STATER] 1. an early English silver penny: a pound weight of these pennies was later standardized as a money of… …
15Sterling, AK — U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska Population (2000): 4705 Housing Units (2000): 2554 Land area (2000): 77.309128 sq. miles (200.229713 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.079789 sq. miles (5.386628 sq. km) Total area (2000): 79.388917 sq. miles… …
16Sterling, CO — U.S. city in Colorado Population (2000): 11360 Housing Units (2000): 5171 Land area (2000): 6.872008 sq. miles (17.798417 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.872008 sq. miles (17.798417 sq. km)… …
17Sterling, IL — U.S. city in Illinois Population (2000): 15451 Housing Units (2000): 6596 Land area (2000): 4.672171 sq. miles (12.100868 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.188128 sq. miles (0.487249 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.860299 sq. miles (12.588117 sq. km)… …
18Sterling, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 2642 Housing Units (2000): 963 Land area (2000): 1.419463 sq. miles (3.676391 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.035204 sq. miles (0.091178 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.454667 sq. miles (3.767569 sq. km) FIPS code …
19Sterling, MI — U.S. village in Michigan Population (2000): 533 Housing Units (2000): 197 Land area (2000): 1.001597 sq. miles (2.594125 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.001597 sq. miles (2.594125 sq. km) FIPS… …
20Sterling, NE — U.S. village in Nebraska Population (2000): 507 Housing Units (2000): 234 Land area (2000): 0.404357 sq. miles (1.047279 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.404357 sq. miles (1.047279 sq. km) FIPS… …
