Eureka often refers to: *

Eureka (word) file:Eureka! Archimede.jpg, Archimedes exclaiming ''Eureka''. In his excitement, he forgets to dress and runs nude in the streets straight out of his bath (drawing by Pietro Scalvini, engraving by Carlo Orsolini, 1737) ''Eureka'' () is an interjec ...

, a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes *

Eureka effect The eureka effect (also known as the Aha! moment or eureka moment) refers to the common human experience of suddenly understanding a previously incomprehensible problem or concept. Some research describes the Aha! effect (also known as insight or ...

, the sudden, unexpected realization of the solution to a problem Eureka or Ureka may also refer to:

History

Eureka Rebellion The Eureka Rebellion was a series of events involving gold miners who revolted against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British administration of the Victoria (Australia)#Colonial Victoria, colony of Victoria, History of Au ...

, an 1854 goldminers' rebellion in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia **

Eureka Flag The Eureka Flag was flown at the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, which took place on 3 December 1854 at Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. It was the culmination of the 1851 to 1854 Eureka Rebellion on the Victorian goldfields. Gold miners prot ...

, the battle flag of the Eureka Rebellion *

Tehran Conference The Tehran Conference (codenamed Eureka) was a strategy meeting of the Allies of World War II, held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943. It was the first of the Allied World Wa ...

, codenamed Eureka, an Allied meeting during World War II

Businesses

Eureka (company) Eureka is an American home appliances brand owned by Chinese company Midea Group that manufactures vacuum cleaners, including uprights, cordless, canisters, sticks and handhelds. Eureka also manufactures aftermarket vacuum accessories, such as b ...

, a manufacturer of vacuum cleaners * Eureka! Restaurant Group, California-based hamburger restaurant chain * Eureka! Tent Company, an American company *

Kværner Eureka Kværner was a Norwegian engineering and construction services company that existed between 1853 and 2005. During its initial decades, the firm was involved in the manufacture of cast iron stoves and hydroelectric turbines. The turbine busin ...

, a Norwegian engineering and construction services company

Media and entertainment

Characters

Eureka O'Hara Eureka, also known as Eureka O'Hara and Eureka!, is the stage name of Eureka D. Huggard (born August 26, 1990), an American drag queen and reality television personality. Eureka rose to prominence competing on the ninth and tenth seasons of ''RuP ...

, an American drag queen, popularized on ''Rupaul's Drag Race'' *

Eureka (Oz) This is a list of characters in the original Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum. The majority of characters listed here unless noted otherwise have appeared in multiple books under various plotlines. Land of Oz, Oz is made up of four divi ...

, Dorothy Gale's cat in ''The Wizard of Oz'', so named because Uncle Henry found her *

Eureka (Eureka Seven) The ''Eureka Seven'' anime and manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Bones. The central protagonist of the series is Renton Thurston, a young boy who joins the renegade group Gekkostate to fight against the U.F. Force, ...

, a main character in ''Eureka Seven''

Film and television

* Eureka (1983 film), ''Eureka'' (1983 film), a British-American drama directed by Nicolas Roeg * Eureka (2000 film), ''Eureka'' (2000 film), a Japanese drama directed by Shinji Aoyama * Eureka (2020 film), ''Eureka'' (2020 film), an Indian Telugu-language thriller film by Karteek Anand * Eureka (2023 film), ''Eureka'' (2023 film), an Argentine drama directed by Lisandro Alonso * Eureka! (Canadian TV series), ''Eureka!'' (Canadian TV series), a 1980s Canadian educational series * Eureka! (2022 TV series), ''Eureka!'' (2022 TV series), a 2020s American educational series * Eureka (British TV series), ''Eureka'' (British TV series), a 1980s British educational series * Eureka (2006 TV series), ''Eureka'' (2006 TV series), an American science fiction series aired 2006–2012 ** Eureka (soundtrack), ''Eureka'' (soundtrack), a 2008 soundtrack album * ''Eureka TV'', a British children's science show aired 2001–2005 * Eureka Learning Channel, a defunct Singaporean educational television channel

Music

* Eureka (The Bible album), ''Eureka'' (The Bible album), 1988 * Eureka (Jim O'Rourke album), ''Eureka'' (Jim O'Rourke album), whose title track was featured in the 2000 film * Eureka (Mother Mother album), ''Eureka'' (Mother Mother album) * Eureka (Rooney album), ''Eureka'' (Rooney album), 2010 * Eureka (Leslie Clio album), ''Eureka'' (Leslie Clio album) * Eureka (Sakanaction song), "Eureka" (Sakanaction song), 2014 song by Sakanaction * Eureka (Gen Hoshino song), "Eureka" (Gen Hoshino song), 2025 song by Gen Hoshino

Literature

* Eureka (University of Cambridge magazine), ''Eureka'' (University of Cambridge magazine), published by the Cambridge University Mathematical Society * Eureka (Italian magazine), ''Eureka'' (Italian magazine), a monthly comic magazine published between 1967 and 1989 * , a monthly general art magazine with a focus on poetry and criticism * ''Eureka: A Prose Poem'', a 1848 essay by Edgar Allan Poe * ''Eureka'', a monthly science magazine for primary school students in Malayalam language published by Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad, Kerala, India * Eureka (journal), ''Eureka'' (journal), the original name of the Canadian mathematical problem-solving journal ''Crux Mathematicorum''

Other media

* Eureka (musical), ''Eureka'' (musical), a 2004 Australian musical * Eureka! (video game), ''Eureka!'' (video game), a 1984 text adventure

Places

Australia

* Eureka, New South Wales, a suburb in Byron Shire * Eureka, Queensland, a locality in the Bundaberg Region * Eureka, Victoria, a small eastern suburb of Ballarat

Canada

* Eureka, Nova Scotia * Eureka, Nunavut * Eureka Pass, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut * Eureka Sound, Nunavut

Equatorial Guinea

* San Antonio de Ureca, also called Ureka, on Bioko Island and known as one of the wettest places on Earth

New Zealand

* Eureka, New Zealand, rural settlement in the Waikato District

United States

* Eureka, California, the largest US city named Eureka * Eureka, Colorado * Eureka, Marion County, Florida * Eureka, Miami-Dade County, Florida, part of Richmond West, Florida * Eureka, Illinois ** Eureka College * Eureka, Lawrence County, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Eureka, Spencer County, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Eureka, Kansas * Eureka, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Eureka, Missouri * Eureka, Perry County, Missouri * Eureka, Montana * Eureka, Nevada * Eureka, North Carolina * Eureka, Oregon, an unincorporated community and ghost town * Eureka, Pennsylvania * Eureka, South Carolina, an unincorporated community in Aiken County, South Carolina * Eureka, South Dakota * Eureka, Texas (disambiguation) * Eureka, Utah * Eureka (Baskerville, Virginia), a historic home near Baskerville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia * Eureka, Washington * Eureka, West Virginia * Eureka, Polk County, Wisconsin, a town * Eureka, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Eureka Center, Minnesota * Eureka Center, Wisconsin * 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

Science and technology

* Eureka (organisation), an international research and development funding and coordination network * Eureka (OPAC), a library search engine developed by RLG * Eureka! (museum), a museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom * The Eureka, a machine for generating Latin verses * Eureka-147, a system for digital audio broadcast * Eureka Streams, an open source software project * Eureka theorem, a result of Gauss that every natural number is the sum of three triangular numbers * 5261 Eureka, an asteroid co-orbital with Mars * Constantan, also known as Eureka, a metal alloy * Heureka, a science centre in Vantaa, Finland * Eureka, the transponder component of the World War II Rebecca/Eureka transponding radar * Eureka: The Solver, numerical solver for mathematical systems of equations, released by Borland, 1987

Transportation

* Eureka (1900 automobile), an American automobile * Eureka (1907 automobile), an American automobile * Eureka (airship), ''Eureka'' (airship), a Zeppelin NT owned by Airship Ventures * Eureka (French automobile), a French automobile * Eureka (ferryboat), ''Eureka'' (ferryboat), an 1890-built steam ferryboat now preserved in San Francisco * Ameri-Cana Eureka, a Canadian ultralight aircraft

Other uses

* Eureka Diamond, the first diamond found in South Africa * Eureka Mountain (Colorado), a summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range * Eureka Poker Tour, poker tour in the central and eastern Europe * Eureka Prizes, annual Australian science prizes presented by the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia * Eureka Shipyard, a shipyard of the early 20th century in New York State * Eureka Tower, a 2006 91-storey residential building in Melbourne, Australia * Disney's Eureka! A California Parade, a former parade in Disney's California Adventure Park * Eureka! Program, a teen girls' achievement program run by Girls, Inc. * Asociación Atlética Eureka, known as Eureka, a former football team in Argentina *

, American drag queen