Muir

"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

Elsewhere

• Muir Peak, Antarctica
• Lake Muir, Western Australia
• Mount Muir (High Rock Range), Canada
• Muir, a community in the township of Norwich, Ontario, Canada
• Muir Seamount, an underwater volcano in the Atlantic Ocean north of Bermuda

Schools

• Muir College (disambiguation)
• John Muir High School, Pasadena, California, United States
• Bishopbriggs Academy, Bishopbriggs, Scotland, once known as Thomas Muir High School
• Muir Middle School (disambiguation)
• Muir Elementary School (disambiguation)

People and fictional characters

• Muir (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
• Muir (given name), a list of people
• Clan Muir, a Scottish clan

Other uses

• Muir baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
• USS Muir, a World War II destroyer escort
• Muir Army Airfield, a military airfield near Annville, Pennsylvania
• Muir Highway, a regional highway in Western Australia.
• Muir House (disambiguation), various buildings on the US National Register of Historic Places
• Muir Homes, a privately owned housebuilding company in Scotland
• Muir Island, a fictional island in the Marvel Comics universe