"Muir" is the
Scots
Scots usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
* Scots language, a language of the West Germanic language family native to Scotland
* Scots people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland
* Scoti, a Latin na ...
word for "
moorland", and
Scots Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...
for "sea", and is the etymological origin of the surname and
Clan Muir
Clan Muir is a Scottish clan that is armigerous. Historically, holders of the surname Muir (also spelt Moor, Moore, More, and Mure) can be considered septs of Clan Campbell and septs of Clan Gordon in the highlands. The spelling variation Mo ...
/Mure/Moore in Scotland and other parts of the world.
Places
United States
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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 water ...
, a village
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Muir, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place
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Camp Muir
Camp Muir, named for the naturalist John Muir, is a high-altitude refuge for climbers in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, accessed through the Paradise Entrance. The shelters comprising the camp are situated at a elevation between the ...
, a high altitude refuge on Mount Rainier, Washington
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Mount Muir
Mount Muir is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, south of Mount Whitney. This peak is named in honor of Scottish-born John Muir, a famous geologist, conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club. The southernmost section of the Joh ...
in the Sierra Nevada, California
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Muir Pass
Muir Pass is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States, in Kings Canyon National Park. It is named for John Muir.
The pass is near the midway point of the John Muir Trail and around mile 841 of the Pacific Crest Trail. ...
in the Sierra Nevada
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Muir Glacier
Muir Glacier is a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is currently about wide at the terminus. As recently as the mid-1980s the glacier was a tidewater glacier and calved
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, Alaska
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Muir Grove
Muir Grove is a giant sequoia grove in Sequoia National Park of the Tulare County, which covers about . The grove, located in the northwest corner of the park, is accessed by the Muir Grove Trail which begins from the Dorst Creek Campground. Bec ...
, 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
Lake Muir is a freshwater lake, with a larger surrounding wetlands area, that is located in the South West region of Western Australia. The lake lies near Muirs Highway, north of Walpole and southeast of Manjimup.
Description
The lake has a ...
, Western Australia
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Mount Muir (Canadian Rockies)
Mount Muir is a mountain located on the Continental Divide on the Alberta-British Columbia border. The mountain was named in 1918 after Alexander Muir. It is located in the High Rock Range.
See also
* List of peaks on the British Columbia–Albe ...
, Canada
* Muir, a community in the township of
Norwich, Ontario
The Township of Norwich is a municipality located in Oxford County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. At the centre of the Township of Norwich is the Town of Norwich. The preferred pronunciation of the town name is , which differs from the pron ...
, Canada
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Muir Seamount
Muir Seamount is a seamount ( underwater volcano), located at . It is located in the Bermuda rise, a seismically active region, and was the site of an earthquake on 24 March 1978.
Fourteen core samples of up to 125,000 years of age were collec ...
, an underwater volcano in the Atlantic Ocean north of Bermuda
Schools
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Muir College (disambiguation) Muir College is a public school for boys in South Africa.
Muir College may also refer to:
* Muir Central College, Allahabad, founded by Sir William Muir in 1866
* John Muir College
John Muir College is one of the seven undergraduate colleges ...
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Muir Middle School (disambiguation) Muir Middle School / John Muir Middle School, a common name for a number of schools
Muir Middle School may refer to:
* Muir Middle School (Milford, Michigan), school in Huron Valley School District
John Muir Middle School may refer to any of the ...
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Muir Elementary School (disambiguation) Muir Elementary School may refer to the following:
*Muir Elementary School in Antioch, California
*John Muir Elementary School in Berkeley, California
*John Muir Elementary School in Cupertino, California
*Muir Elementary School in Fresno, Californ ...
People and fictional characters
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Muir (surname)
Muir is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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*Adam Muir (born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer
*Alex Muir (1923–1995), Scottish footballer
* Alex Muir (Albion Rovers footballer), Scottish footballer
* Alexand ...
, a list of people and fictional characters
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Muir (given name) Muir is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Muir S. Fairchild (1894–1950), Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
* Muir Gray
Sir John Armstrong Muir Gray is a British physician, who has held senio ...
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Clan Muir
Clan Muir is a Scottish clan that is armigerous. Historically, holders of the surname Muir (also spelt Moor, Moore, More, and Mure) can be considered septs of Clan Campbell and septs of Clan Gordon in the highlands. The spelling variation Mo ...
, a Scottish clan
Other uses
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Muir baronets
The Muir Baronetcy, of Deanston in the County of Perth and of Park Gardens in the City of Glasgow, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 October 1892 for John Muir, Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1889 to 1892. Th ...
, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
* , a World War II destroyer escort
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Muir Army Airfield
The Muir Army Airfield is a military airport at Fort Indiantown Gap, near Annville, Pennsylvania, United States. It is home to the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (EAATS), operated by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. It i ...
, a military airfield near Annville, Pennsylvania
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Muir House (disambiguation) Muir House may refer to:
in the United States (by state then city)
*John Muir National Historic Site, Martinez, California, a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Contra Costa County
*Muir Hous ...
, various buildings on the US National Register of Historic Places
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Muir Homes
Muir Group, based in Inverkeithing, Fife, is one of the largest privately owned property development company specialising in timber-framed construction of houses and apartments companies in Scotland.
History
A former joiner, John Muir, set up Mu ...
, a privately owned housebuilding company in Scotland
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Muir Island
The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several noteworthy concepts besides its fictional characters, such as unique places and artifacts. There follows a list of those features.
Places
Certain places fe ...
, a fictional island in the Marvel Comics universe
See also
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Muirs Highway
Muirs Highway is a Western Australian highway linking Manjimup and Mount Barker on the Albany Highway. It is signed as State Route 102 and is long. It provides a shorter distance between Manjimup and Albany. It is a lonely highway surrounde ...
, Western Australia
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