EUREKA

'''Eureka''' (or ''Heureka''; Greek ) is a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes, see: Eureka (word).
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Contents
Places
In the United States
Cities and towns
Other place names
Outside the United States
Historical
Science and technology
Entertainment
Film and television
Other meanings
Games

Places


Numerous places are named for the expression:
In the United States

Cities and towns


Eureka, California

Eureka, Illinois

Eureka, Kansas

Eureka, Missouri

Eureka, Montana

Eureka, Nevada

Eureka, North Carolina

Eureka, South Dakota

Eureka, Utah

Eureka, Wisconsin

Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Other place names


Eureka Road, an east-west street in Metro Detroit

Eureka Valley, California: a neighborhood in San Francisco, and an eastern valley in Inyo County.
Outside the United States


Eureka, Nova Scotia in Canada

Eureka, Nunavut in Canada

Eureka, Transvaal in South Africa

Eureka, Waikato in New Zealand

Historical



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

Entertainment



Eureka (Edgar Allan Poe), his 1848 prose poem

Eureka (Jim O'Rourke album) whose title track was featured in the 2000 film

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! A California Adventure Parade" was a parade at Disney's California Adventure park in 2001-2002
Film and television


Eureka (TV series), 2006-, on the Sci Fi Channel (U.S.), shown in the UK as ''A Town Called Eureka''


★ Eureka, Oregon, fictional science fantasy town of the television series, where Global Dynamics Corporation [which is the name of various factual entities, as well, per google searches] is located, &, which is frequently referenced as "G.-D.", & where the majority of the script occurs

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Eureeka's Castle, a TV series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1989 to 1995

Eureka Seven, a mecha anime by the BONES studio
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Eureka, a main character in Eureka Seven. Though in this anime the title and her name, is pronounced eh-oo-wreck-ah

Eureka Maru, a fictional starship in the TV series ''Andromeda''

Eureka (1984 film), directed by Nicolas Roeg and starred Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke, and Joe Pesci

Eureka Stockade (film), 1949, Australia. Directed by Harry Watt

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), a 1985 cult BBC children's TV series about science and inventiveness, with Wilf Lunn BBC link

Eureka! (Irish TV), an Irish Language quiz show for primary school students, broadcast on RTÉ in the mid-1990s

Eureka! (TV series), a 1980s Canadian educational series

Other meanings



Eureka Tower, the world's tallest residential building. in Melbourne, Australia

Eureka (Literary Magazine), the literary magazine of Eureka College

''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, 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 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 closed when L2Extreme shut down.

Eureka! (computer game), a text adventure

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