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'''''Eureka''''' (or ''''Heureka''''; Greek {{polytonic|εύρηκα/ηύρηκα}}) is a famous exclamation attributed to [[Archimedes]], see: [[Eureka (word)]].
==Places==
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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
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