Kirby 706419 221202252 2008-06-23T14:15:04Z ThomasO1989 1743869 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 221186335 by [[Special:Contributions/220.245.6.200|220.245.6.200]] ([[User talk:220.245.6.200|talk]]) {{TOCright}} '''Kirby''' is a common place name, [[surname]], and [[given name]]. Other common uses include: * [[Kirby (character)]], a popular video game character **[[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' (series)]], the video game series named after the character **[[List of Kirby games]] * [[Kirby: Right Back At Ya!]], a TV series based on the video game character * [[Kirby Company]], the manufacturer of Kirby vacuum cleaners == Places == === England === * [[Kirkby]], Merseyside ([[Help:Pronunciation|pronounced]] with a silent ''k'': {{IPA|/kɜː(r)bi/}}) * [[Kirby Bedon]], Norfolk * [[Kirby Cane]], Norfolk * [[Kirby Cross]], Essex * [[Kirby Grindalythe]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Hill, Harrogate]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Hill, Richmondshire]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Knowle]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Misperton]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Muxloe]], Leicestershire * [[Kirby Sigston]], North Yorkshire * [[Kirby Wiske]], North Yorkshire * [[Cold Kirby]], North Yorkshire * [[Horton Kirby]], Kent * [[Monks Kirby]], Warwickshire * [[West Kirby]], Merseyside * see also: [[Kirkby (disambiguation)#Places in the United Kingdom|Places named Kirkby]] === United States === * [[Kirby, Arizona]] * [[Kirby, Arkansas]] * [[Kirby, Georgia]] * [[Kirby, Indiana]] * [[Kirby, Ohio]] * [[Kirby, Oklahoma]] * [[Kirby, Pennsylvania]] * [[Kirby, Texas]] * [[Kirby, Vermont]] * [[Kirby, West Virginia]] * [[Kirby, Wyoming]] * [[Upper Kirby]], a commercial district in Houston, Texas === Canada === * [[Kirby, Ontario]] == People == * [[Kirby (surname)]], people with the surname Kirby. * [[Kirby (given name)]], people with the given name Kirby Also * [[Kirkby (disambiguation)#People|List of people with the surname Kirkby]] * [[Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton of Kirby]] (c. 1605-1670), English politician * [[Christopher Hatton, 2nd Baron Hatton of Kirby]] (1632-1706), English politician * [[Kirby Puckett]] (1960-2006), American baseball player == Buildings, institutions or facilities == * [[Kirby Castle]], a castle in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, England * [[Kirby Hall]], an Elizabethan country house located near Corby, Northamptonshire, England * [[Kirby Sports Center]], a sports arena in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA * [[Kirby's Mill]], a flour mill located in Medford, New Jersey, USA * [[Kirby College of Further Education]], now part of Middlesbrough College, North Yorkshire, England * [[Kirby Cross railway station]], Essex, England * [[Kirby Lake Airport]], Alberta, Canada * [[Kirby Park railway station]], a defunct railway station in West Kirby, Merseyside, England == Other uses == === Comics === * [[Kirby Award]], an award presented from 1985-1987 for achievements in comic books * [[Kirby dots]], an artistic convention in comic books * [[Rip Kirby]], fictional comic strip character created by Alex Raymond === Law === * [[United States v. Kirby]], an 1868 US Supreme Court case regarding statutory construction * [[United States v. Kirby Lumber Co.]], a 1931 US Supreme Court case regarding taxation * [[R v Kirby; Ex parte Boilermakers' Society of Australia]], a 1956 Australian High Court case regarding the judicial power of the Commonwealth === Mathematics === * [[Kirby calculus]] * [[Kirby-Siebenmann class]] * [[Freedman-Kirby theorem]] === Miscellaneous === * [[Kirby 23]], a sailboat designed by Bruce Kirby and produced in the mid-1980s * [[Kirby-Bauer antibiotic testing]], a medical test * [[Kirby wire]], a pendulum-based flying system for stage performers * A [[fish hook]] of evenly curved pattern * A children's "real-life" game where somebody tries to throw a ball at the kerb of a road, and tries to make the ball bounce back. * Kirby is the name of the vacuum in [[The Brave Little Toaster]] == See also == * [[Kirkby (disambiguation)]] {{disambig}} [[de:Kirby (Begriffsklärung)]] [[fr:Kirby]] [[ja:カービー]] [[pl:Kirby]] [[vo:Kirby]]