Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA 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.
From Scots muir (“moor”). A derivation from Scottish Gaelic muir (“ocean”) has also been suggested.
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