muir

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/mjʊə(ɹ)/US/mɪɚ/

noun

A moor.

OriginScots muir ← Scottish Gaelic muir →
Less commonScrabble 6
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Meanings

muir1

nounmuir (plural muirs)

plural muirs

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandespeciallyA moor.

    […] and Coquet's streams are glittrin, as they rin frae muir to main […]

    1852, Thomas Doubleday, The Coquet-Dale Fishing Songs, page 96
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    […] 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, […]

    1851, George Ross, Leading Cases in the Law of Scotland, page 446

    Tho' four lang miles was he fra heayme, / Besides a muir to cross, / By haunted cairns an boggle steaynes, […]

    1896, Anthony Whitehead, Legends of Westmorland and Other Poems: With Notes, page 24

Muir2

proper noun
  1. A surname from Scots.
  2. A neighbourhood of Willits, Mendocino County, California, United States.
  3. A village in Ionia County, Michigan, United States.
  4. A census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  5. A community in Norwich township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaelicmuir“ocean”
  2. Scotsmuir“moor”
  3. EnglishMuir

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with muir

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Anagrams

Rumimuririmu
Cite this entry
APA

muir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muir

MLA

“muir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muir. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muir,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muir.

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