Eureka
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Eureka (or 'Heureka'; Greek ηὕρηκα) is a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes, see: Eureka (word).
Place names
Several places are named for the expression:
- Eureka, California and Yreka, California
- Eureka, Illinois
- Eureka, Kansas
- Eureka, Missouri
- Eureka, Montana
- Eureka, Nevada
- Eureka, South Dakota
- Eureka, Utah
- Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
- Eureka, Nunavut in Canada.
- Eureka, Victoria in Australia
More than one of these places are or were involved in the gold mining industry, with the phrase 'I found it' having an obvious connection.
Other meanings
- The name of an asteroid co-orbital with Mars, 5261 Eureka (see also 3753 Cruithne)
- The name of the European Union's research and development organization; see EUREKA.
- The 1854 Australian miners' revolt at the Eureka Stockade.
- Eureka is the name of an online game developed by Free Fall Associates.
- Eureka is an 1848 prose poem by Edgar Allan Poe
- Eureka is an 1984 movie starring Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke, Joe Pesci
- Eureka is an 1890 built steam ferryboat now preserved in San Francisco, California.
- The Eureka Tower is a skyscraper in the city of Melbourne, Australia
- Eureka Valley is also the name of two places in California: one a neighborhood in San Francisco and the other a valley in the eastern part of the state.
- The Eureka Maru is a fictional starship in the television series Andromeda.
- Eureka is a brand of vacuum cleaner.
- Eureka! is a museum near Halifax, UK.
- Eureka! is a text adventure for the Commodore 64.
- Heureka is a science centre in Vantaa, Finland.
- Eureka is an OPAC (library search engine) developed by RLG
