• Finnish: punta
• Maltese: sterlina

Adjective

1. of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage
2. of, relating to, or made from sterling silver
3. high quality

Translations

Sterling may refer to:

• Sterling silver, a grade of silver
• Pound sterling, the currency of the United Kingdom
• Sterling submachine gun
• The Sterling Foundation School, one of the top ten schools in Lahore.
• Stirling (disambiguation)

Businesses

• Hotel Sterling, a former hotel in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
• Sterling Airlines
• Sterling Bicycle Co., 19th century American bicycle manufacturer
• Sterling (car), British automobile brand, sold in the US 1987-1991
• Sterling Commerce, a provider of integration and business application solutions
• Sterling Drug (a.k.a. Sterling Products, Inc.), a pharmaceutical company now owned by Bayer
• Sterling group, a leading Indian business group promoted by NRI C. Sivasankaran
• Sterling Jewelers Inc., the largest retail jewelry company in the United States
• Sterling Optical
• Sterling Publishing, a publisher of nonfiction books
• Sterling Records (Sweden), a classical music record label
• Sterling Records (US), noted for being the first to sign Hank Williams
• Sterling Software, a (now defunct) company co-founded by Sterling Williams
• Sterling Sports Cars, an American automobile kit company
• Sterling Trucks

People

• Lord Sterling
• Andrew B. Sterling (1874-1955), American songwriter
• Anne Fausto-Sterling (born 1944), American academic
• Annette Sterling (b. 1942), American soul singer
• Antoinette Sterling (d. 1904), Anglo-American vocalist
• Brett Sterling (b. 1984), American ice hockey player
• Bruce Sterling (b. 1954), American science fiction writer
• Dana Sterling, fictional character from RoboTech
• Dave Sterling, an American composer and pianist
• Donald Sterling, basketball team owner
• Donnie Sterling, bassist
• Edward Sterling (1773–1847), British journalist
• Ford Sterling (1883–1939), American actor
• George Sterling (1869-1926), American poet
• Georgie Sterling, Australian actress
• Jan Sterling (1921–2004), American actress
• Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, British peer and former chairman of P&O
• John Sterling (author) (1806-1844), British author
• John Sterling (sportscaster) (b. 1948), American radio broadcaster
• John William Sterling (1844-1918), American philanthropist, corporate attorney, and benefactor to Yale University
• Leon Sterling, Australian computer scientist
• Lester Sterling, Jamaican musician
• Linder Sterling, British artist
• Mindy Sterling, American actress
• Nici Sterling (b. 1968), British porn star
• Norm Sterling (b. 1942), Canadian politician
• Peter Sterling (b. 1960), Australian rugby league player
• Ross S. Sterling (1875–1949), American politician
• Thomas Sterling (1851-1930), American politician
• Thomas Sterling (computing), computer scientist
• Tisha Sterling (b. 1944), American actress
• Wallace Sterling (1906–1985), Canadian-born American university president
• Sterling Hayden, American actor
• Sterling Morrison, guitar player with The Velvet Underground
• Sterling Sharpe, former American football wide receiver
• Sterling Simms, singer on Def Jam

Places

US municipalities named Sterling

• Sterling, Alaska
• Sterling, Colorado
• Sterling, Connecticut
• Sterling, Georgia
• Sterling, Idaho
• Sterling, Illinois
• Sterling, Indiana
• Sterling, Iowa
• Sterling, Kansas
• Sterling, Massachusetts
• Sterling, Michigan
• Sterling, Missouri
• Sterling, Montana
• Sterling, Nebraska
• Sterling, New York
• Sterling, North Carolina
• Sterling, North Dakota
• Sterling, Ohio
• Sterling, Oklahoma
• Sterling, Pennsylvania — two locations:
  • Sterling, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
  • Sterling, Wayne County, Pennsylvania
• Sterling, Texas
• Sterling, Utah
• Sterling, Virginia
• Sterling, Washington
• Sterling, Wisconsin — two locations:
  • Sterling, Polk County, Wisconsin
  • Sterling, Vernon County, Wisconsin

US place names containing the word Sterling

• Mount Sterling, Illinois
• Mount Sterling, Iowa
• Mount Sterling, Kentucky
• Mount Sterling, Ohio
• Mount Sterling, Wisconsin
• Sterling Camp Grounds, Massachusetts
• Sterling Center, Minnesota
• Sterling City, Texas
• Sterling Forest, New York
• Sterling Forest State Park, New York
• Sterling Heights, Indiana
• Sterling Heights, Michigan
• Sterling Junction, Massachusetts
• Sterling Landing, Missouri
• Sterling Park, Tennessee
• Sterling Park, Virginia
• Sterling Place, Colorado
• Sterling Place, Illinois
• Sterling Point, Virginia
• Sterling Run, Pennsylvania
• Sterling Springs, Arkansas
• Sterling State Park, Michigan
• Sterling Valley, New York
• Sterling Woods, New Jersey

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