Eureka 59904 226161278 2008-07-17T02:38:24Z Samithinker 3527512 /* Outside the United States */ {{wiktionary}} {{TOCright}} '''''Eureka''''' (or ''''Heureka''''; Greek {{polytonic|εύρηκα/ηύρηκα}}) is a famous exclamation attributed to [[Archimedes]], see: [[Eureka (word)]]. ==Places== <!-- please keep entries alphabetical, 0-9, a-z, (), "," , ! --> Numerous places are named for the expression: ===In the United States=== <!-- alpha tricky: space before comma --> =====Cities and towns===== *[[Eureka, California]] *[[Eureka, Illinois]] *[[Eureka, Indiana]] *[[Eureka, Kansas]] *Eureka, Louisiana, a community east of Frost Town on route 837. *[[Eureka, Missouri]] *[[Eureka, Montana]] *[[Eureka, Nevada]] *[[Eureka, North Carolina]] *[[Eureka, South Dakota]] *[[Eureka, Utah]] *[[Eureka, Wisconsin]] *[[Eureka Springs, Arkansas]] *[[Eureka Township, Adair County, Iowa]] *[[Eureka Township, Michigan]] *[[Eureka Township, Minnesota]] *[[Eureka Valley (San Francisco)]], California, a neighborhood *[[Eureka Valley, Inyo County]], California ===Outside the United States=== *Eureka, [[Nova Scotia]] in Canada *[[Eureka, Nunavut]] in Canada *[[Eureka Sound]], Nunavut, Canada *Eureka, [[Transvaal]] in South Africa *Eureka, [[Waikato]] in New Zealand *Eureka, [[New South Wales]] in Australia *[[Eureka Pass]], a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada *Eureka, Mid-Atlas, Morocco ==Historical== <!-- was historical events --> *[[Eureka (ferryboat)]], an 1890-built steam ferryboat now preserved in San Francisco *[[Eureka Stockade]], an 1854 goldminers' rebellion in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia **[[Eureka Flag]], a symbol of the Eureka Stockade ==Science and technology== *[[5261 Eureka]], an asteroid co-orbital with Mars *[[EUREKA]], the pan-European research and development inter-governmental initiative *[[Eureka 147]], also known as the Digital Audio Broadasting (DAB) system *[[Eureka beacon]], used by Allies during World War II to guide paratroopers to drop zones *Eureka (Equation Solver), software first marketed by Borland in 1987; also known as Mercury; similar to [[TK Solver]] *[[Eureka (magazine)]], published by the Cambridge University Mathematical Society *[[Eureka (science magazine)]], published by [[Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishat]], [[Kerala]], [[India]] *[[Eureka (OPAC)]], a library search engine developed by RLG *[[Eureka! (computer program)]], a disk-catalogue program for the CP/M operating system *[[Eureka! (museum)]], a museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom *[[Heureka]], a science centre in Vantaa, Finland *[[The Eureka]], a machine for generating Latin verses *[[EURECA]], a European scientific satellite. ==Entertainment== * ''[[Eureka: A Prose Poem]]'', 1848 essay by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] * [[Eureka (Jim O'Rourke album)|''Eureka'' (Jim O'Rourke album)]] whose title track was featured in the 2000 film * [[Eureka (musical)|''Eureka'' (musical)]], an Australian musical by M.M. Gordon and M. M. Harvey, based on a book by Gale Edwards and John Senczuk, about the 1854 goldminers' uprising * Eureka, an American singer and Li'l Kim impersonator * "Eureka! A California Adventure Parade" was a parade at [[Disney's California Adventure]] park in 2001-2002 ===Film and television=== * [[Eureka (TV series)|''Eureka'' (TV series)]], 2006–, on the Sci Fi Channel (U.S.), shown in the UK as ''A Town Called Eureka'' * [[Eureka! (TV series)|''Eureka!'' (TV series)]], a 1980s Canadian educational series produced by TVOntario * ''[[Eureeka's Castle]]'', a TV series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1989 to 1995 * ''[[Eureka Seven]]'', a mecha anime by the BONES studio - Using the Japanese Alphabet, the pronunciation of the word as it is used in the anime is "Eh-oo-re(le)-ka" :* [[Characters of Eureka Seven#Eureka|Eureka]], a main character in Eureka Seven. * ''[[Eureka Maru]]'', a fictional starship in the TV series ''Andromeda'' * [[Eureka (1984 film)|''Eureka'' (1984 film)]], directed by Nicolas Roeg and starred Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke, and Joe Pesci * [[Eureka Stockade (film)|''Eureka Stockade'' (film)]], 1949, Australia. Directed by [[Harry Watt]] * [[Eureka (2000 film)|''Eureka'' (2000 film)]], directed by Shinji Aoyama * Eureka (2006 film), produced by Shell Films * [[Eureka (cable network)]], a German cable news network that broadcast in the 1980s * [[Eureka (BBC)|''Eureka'' (BBC)]], a 1985 cult BBC children's TV series about science and inventiveness, with [[Wilf Lunn]] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/titles/eureka.shtml BBC link] * [[Eureka! (Irish TV)|''Eureka!'' (Irish TV)]], an Irish Language quiz show for primary school students, broadcast on RTÉ in the mid-1990s ==Other meanings== *[[Eureka Tower]], a 91-storey residential building in Melbourne, Australia *[[Eureka (Literary Magazine)]], the literary magazine of [[Eureka College]] *[[Eureka (Malayalam magazine)|''Eureka'' (Malayalam magazine)]], a [[Malayalam]] science magazine for children *[[Eureka (French automobile)]], a French automobile *[[Eureka (1900 automobile)]], an American automobile *[[Eureka (1907 automobile)]], an American automobile *[[Eureka (1974 Australian kit car)]], an Australian automobile *[[Eureka! (bplan competition)]], India's largest business plan competition conducted by [[The Entrepreneurship Cell]], IIT Bombay *[[Eureka (Oz)|Eureka]], [[Dorothy Gale]]'s cat, so named because [[Uncle Henry]] found her. *[[Eureka (vacuum cleaner)]]/The Eureka Company, a brand of vacuum and other floor care products currently owned by the parent company [[Electrolux|AB Electrolux]]. ==Games== *[[Eureka (online game)]], by Free Fall Associates *Eureka, a non-licensed [[Lineage 2]] game server running at 7X speed at L2-Paradise, voluntarily [http://www.pyromaker.deltaanime.net/l2-paradise.html| closed] when L2Extreme [http://www.lineage2.com/news/news.html#a007871| shut down]. *[[Eureka! (computer game)]], a text adventure {{disambig}} [[Category:Mottos]] [[ca:Eureka]] [[de:Eureka]] [[es:Eureka]] [[fr:Eurêka]] [[it:Eureka]] [[he:יוריקה (פירושונים)]] [[nl:Eureka]] [[ja:Eureka]] [[pl:Eureka]] [[sk:Heureka]] [[sv:Heureka]] [[vo:Eureka]]