Eureka

Eureka may refer to:

• Eureka (word), a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes
• Eureka effect, the sudden, unexpected realization of the solution to a problem

In historical

• Eureka (ferryboat), an 1890-built steam ferryboat now preserved in San Francisco
• Eureka, Arizona, late 19th century ghost town 30 miles north of Yuma on the Colorado River
• Eureka Stockade, an 1854 goldminers' rebellion in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
  • Eureka Flag, a symbol of the Eureka Stockade
• Eureka, the codename for the Tehran Conference, the first of several World War II meetings between Franklin Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

In media and entertainment

Fictional characters

• Eureka (Oz), Dorothy Gale's cat in The Wizard of Oz, so named because Uncle Henry found her
• Eureka (Eureka Seven), a main character in Eureka Seven

Film

• Eureka (1983 film), directed by Nicolas Roeg and starred Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Mickey Rourke, and Joe Pesci
• Eureka (2000 film), directed by Shinji Aoyama

Games

• Eureka! (video game), a 1984 text adventure

Music

• Eureka (Jim O'Rourke album), whose title track was featured in the 2000 film
• Eureka (Mother Mother album),
• Eureka (Rooney album), 2010

Print

• Eureka (Times magazine), monthly science magazine published by The Times newspaper
• Eureka (University of Cambridge magazine), published by the Cambridge University Mathematical Society
• Eureka, a monthly science magazine for primary school students in Malayalam language published by Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad, Kerala, India
• Eureka: A Prose Poem, 1848 essay by Edgar Allan Poe

Television

• Eureka! (TV series), a 1980s Canadian educational series produced by TVOntario
• Eureka (UK TV series), a 1980s British educational series produced by the BBC
• Eureka (U.S. TV series), a 2006–2012 series that aired on Syfy (broadcast in the UK as A Town Called Eureka)
  • Eureka (soundtrack), a 2008 soundtrack album
• Eureka TV, a science show that had aired on CBBC 2001–2005
• Eureka Seven, a 2005 anime series

In other uses

• Disney's Eureka! A California Parade, a parade in Disney's California Adventure Park that ran from Opening Day to 2002

In places

Australia

• Eureka, North Coast, New South Wales, a suburb of North Coast with the postcode 2480
• Eureka, Queensland, a municipality near Bundaberg, with the postcode 4660
• Eureka, Victoria

Canada

• Eureka, Nova Scotia in Canada
• Eureka, Nunavut in Canada
• Eureka Pass, a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Eureka Peak, mountain peak located near Horsefly, British Columbia
• Eureka Sound, Nunavut, Canada

New Zealand

• Eureka, a rural locality in the Waikato Region between Morrinsville and Hamilton, New Zealand

United Kingdom

• Eureka! (museum) in Halifax, West Yorkshire

United States

• Eureka, California, the largest US city named Eureka
• Eureka, Colorado
• Eureka, Nevada County, California
• Eureka, Illinois
  • Eureka College
• Eureka, Indiana
• Eureka, Florida
• Eureka, Kansas
• Eureka, Kentucky
• Eureka, Louisiana
• Eureka, Missouri
• Eureka, Montana
• Eureka, Nevada
• Eureka, North Carolina
• Eureka, South Dakota
• Eureka, Texas
• Eureka, Utah
• Eureka, Polk County, Wisconsin, a town
• Eureka, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Eureka Center, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
• Eureka Center, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Eureka County, Nevada
• Eureka Springs, Arkansas
• Eureka Township, Adair County, Iowa
• Eureka Township, Michigan
• Eureka Township, Dakota County, Minnesota
• Eureka Township, Valley County, Nebraska
• Eureka Valley (Inyo County), California
• Eureka Valley, San Francisco, California, a neighborhood

In science and technology

• 5261 Eureka, an asteroid co-orbital with Mars
• EUREKA, a pan-European research and development funding and coordination organization.
• Eureka 147, also known as the Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) system
• Eureka, the transponder component of the World War II Rebecca/Eureka transponding radar
• Eureka, a proprietary name for the metal alloy constantan
• Eureka (OPAC), a library search engine developed by RLG
• Eureka! (museum), a museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
• Eureka Streams, an open source software project
• Heureka (science center), a science centre in Vantaa, Finland
• The Eureka, a machine for generating Latin verses

In transportation

• Ameri-Cana Eureka, a Canadian ultralight aircraft
• Eureka (airship), is a Zeppelin NT owned by Airship Ventures
• Eureka (French automobile), a French automobile
• Eureka (1900 automobile), an American automobile
• Eureka (1907 automobile), an American automobile

In other uses

• Eureka (company), a manufacturer of vacuum cleaners
• Eureka Diamond, the first diamond found in South Africa
• Eureka Prizes, annual Australian science prizes presented by the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
• Eureka Shipyard, shipyard of the early 20th century in New York State
• Eureka! Tent Company, an American company
• Eureka Tower, a 2001 91-storey residential building in Melbourne, Australia

See also

• EURECA (disambiguation)