Muir

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"Muir" is the Scots word for "moorland", and the Irish and Scots Gaelic for "sea", and is the etymological origin of the surname and Clan Muir/Mure/Moore in Scotland and other parts of the world.

Places

United States

  • Muir, Willits, California, a former unincorporated community now incorporated in Willits
  • Muir, Michigan, a village
  • Muir, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place
  • Camp Muir, a high altitude refuge on Mount Rainier, Washington
  • Mount Muir in the Sierra Nevada, California
  • Muir Pass in the Sierra Nevada
  • Muir Glacier, Alaska
  • Muir Grove, a giant sequoia grove in Sequoia National Park, California
  • Muir site, an archaeological site in Jessamine County, Kentucky

Elsewhere

  • Muir Peak, Antarctica
  • Lake Muir, Western Australia
  • Mount Muir (High Rock Range), Canada
  • Muir, a community in the township of Norwich, Ontario, Canada
  • Muir Seamount, an underwater volcano in the Atlantic Ocean north of Bermuda

Schools

  • Muir College (disambiguation)
  • Muir Middle School (disambiguation)
  • Muir Elementary School (disambiguation)

People and fictional characters

  • Muir (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
  • Muir (given name)
  • Clan Muir, a Scottish clan

Other uses

  • Muir baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
  • USS Muir, a World War II destroyer escort
  • Muir Army Airfield, a military airfield near Annville, Pennsylvania
  • Muir House (disambiguation), various buildings on the US National Register of Historic Places
  • Muir Homes, a privately owned housebuilding company in Scotland
  • Muir Island, a fictional island in the Marvel Comics universe

See also

Topics referred to by the same term
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