muir
/mjʊə(ɹ)/US/mɪɚ/
muir noun: a moor.
Noun
muir (plural muirs)
- A moor.
- […] 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
- […] and Coquet's streams are glittrin, as they rin frae muir to main […]1852, Thomas Doubleday, The Coquet-Dale Fishing Songs, page 96
Proper noun capitalized: Muir
Muir
- A surname from Scots.
- A neighbourhood of Willits, Mendocino County, California, United States.
- A village in Ionia County, Michigan, United States.
- A census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A community in Norwich township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
muir meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
muir in Hindi
- मुइर, मुईर
muir in Tamil
- முயர்
muir in Marathi
- मुईर, मुइर
muir in Bengali
- মুইর, মুইয়ার
More languagesFewer languages
- muir in Telugu
- ముయిర్
- muir in Malayalam
- മുയിർ, മുയ്ർ
- muir in Kannada
- ಮುಯಿರ್
- muir in Punjabi
- ਮੁਆਇਰ, ਮੁਇਰ
- muir in Gujarati
- મુઇર, મુઈર, મૂઈર
- muir in Odia
- ମୁଇର, ମୁଇର୍
- muir in Nepali
- मुइर, म्युइर, मुइयर
Forms of muir
| plural | muirs |
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Origin of muir
From Scots muir (“moor”). A derivation from Scottish Gaelic muir (“ocean”) has also been suggested.
Words formed from muir
Words that rhyme with muir
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- obscure
- amour
- assure
- boor
- immure
- impure
- lure
- recure
- immature
- inure
- manure
- moor
- cour
- Darfur
- demure
- du jour
- fure
- insecure
- liqueur
- mure
- reassure
- roture
- Ruhr
- unsure
- adure
- allure
- bonheur du jour
- bonjour
- brochure
- bure
- chaussure
- combure
- couture
- de jour
- dhuhr
- dure
- guipure
- Kapur
- L'Anse Amour
- Namur
- parkour
- parure
- plat du jour
- poseur
- purpure
- smoor
- soup du jour
- spoor
Questions about muir
- What does muir mean?
- Muir means a moor.
- What is muir in Hindi?
- Muir in Hindi is मुइर, मुईर. See Muir meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is muir?
- Muir can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce muir?
- Muir is pronounced /mjʊə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of muir?
- The plural of muir is muirs.
Words near muir in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: muir (page history and authors); Muir (page history and authors); muir (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); muir (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); muir (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); muir (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); muir (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); muir (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); muir (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); muir (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); muir (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); muir (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); muir (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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