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Muir

//mjʊə(ɹ)// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Scots.
  2. 2
    A neighbourhood of Willits, Mendocino County, California, United States.
  3. 3
    A village in Ionia County, Michigan, United States.
  4. 4
    A census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  5. 5
    A community in Norwich township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
Noun
  1. 1
    A moor. Northern-England, Scotland, especially

    "[…] Mr. Cuming brought a declarator of common property in, and division of, the muirs in question. Pleaded for the Pursuer.—The pursuer's special infestment in the muirs as parts of the barony of Coxtoun excluded the defender, […]"

Etymology

From Scots muir (“moor”). A derivation from Scottish Gaelic muir (“ocean”) has also been suggested.

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