"Muir" is the
Scots word for "
moorland
Moorland or moor is a type of Habitat (ecology), habitat found in upland (geology), upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and the biomes of montane grasslands and shrublands, characterised by low-growing vegetation on So ...
", 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
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Muir, Michigan
Muir is a village in Lyons Township, Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 604 at the 2010 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is wate ...
, a village
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Muir, Pennsylvania
Muir is a census-designated place located in Porter Township, Schuylkill County in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Muir was part of the Reinerton-Orwin-Muir CDP at the 2000 census before splitting into three individual CDPs for the ...
, a census-designated place
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Camp Muir, a high altitude refuge on Mount Rainier, Washington
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Mount Muir in the Sierra Nevada, California
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Muir Pass in the Sierra Nevada
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Muir Glacier, Alaska
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Muir Grove, a giant sequoia grove in Sequoia National Park, California
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Muir site, an archaeological site in Jessamine County, Kentucky
Elsewhere
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Muir Peak, Antarctica
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Lake Muir, Western Australia
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Mount Muir (High Rock Range), Canada
* Muir, a community in the township of
Norwich, Ontario
The Township of Norwich is a municipality located in Oxford County, Ontario, Oxford County in Southwestern Ontario, Southwestern Ontario, Canada. At the centre of the Township of Norwich is the Town of Norwich. The preferred pronunciation of the ...
, Canada
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Muir Seamount, an underwater volcano in the Atlantic Ocean north of Bermuda
Schools
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Muir College (disambiguation)
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Muir Middle School (disambiguation)
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Muir Elementary School (disambiguation)
People and fictional characters
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Muir (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
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Muir (given name)
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Clan Muir, a Scottish clan
Other uses
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Muir baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
* , a World War II destroyer escort
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Muir Army Airfield, a military airfield near Annville, Pennsylvania
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Muir Highway, a regional highway in Western Australia.
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Muir House (disambiguation), various buildings on the US National Register of Historic Places
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Muir Homes, a privately owned housebuilding company in Scotland
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Muir Island, a fictional island in the Marvel Comics universe
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