Muir
Sign in to save"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.
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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, 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