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PRONUNCIATION OF MUIR

muir  [muːr] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUIR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Muir is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUIR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Muir

A Muir is the Scots word for moorland, 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUIR


clour
kluːr
moer
muːr
puir
puːr
siddur
siːˈduːr
stoor
stuːr

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUIR

mugwumpery
mugwumpish
mugwumpism
Muhammad
Muhammad Ali
Muhammadan
Muhammedan
Muharram
muhly
muid
Muir Glacier
muirburn
mujaheddin
mujahedeen
mujahedin
mujahideen
mujik
Mukden
mukhabarat
mukhtar

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUIR

a breath of fresh air
affair
air
Baron Tweedsmuir
chair
fair
hair
hot air
in the air
ir
Langmuir
mir
noir
pair
repair
sir
souvenir
their
Tweedsmuir
up in the air

Synonyms and antonyms of muir in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «muir» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUIR

Find out the translation of muir to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of muir from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «muir» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缪尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Muir
570 millions of speakers

English

muir
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुइर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

موير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Мьюир
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Muir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

muir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Muir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Muir
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミューア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뮤어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Muir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Muir
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முய்ர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुअर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

muir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

muir
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Muir
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

М´юїр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Muir
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

muir
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Muir
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

muir
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Muir
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of muir

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUIR»

The term «muir» is very widely used and occupies the 23.058 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUIR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «muir» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «muir» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about muir

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUIR»

Discover the use of muir in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to muir and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
John Muir: The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books
Features the eight influential books in which John Muir reflects on the beauty of America's wilderness and fights for their protection.
John Muir, 1992
2
John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
Contains portions of Muir's autobiography, letters, his lesser known books, and essays
John Muir, Terry Gifford, 1996
3
John Muir, in His Own Words: A Book of Quotations
The best of John Muir -- 332 quotations, the distillation of his thought, the essence of his beliefs. Muir was the foremost conservationist of his time -- nature writer, social critic, realist, a romantic, a visionary.
John Muir, Peter Browning, 1988
4
Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice
Edward Muir traces the origins and development of this reputation, paying particular attention to the sixteenth century, when civic ritual in Venice reached its peak.
Edward Muir, 1986
5
The Wilderness World of John Muir
A collection of Muir's finest nature and environmental writings includes excerpts from all his major works, including Travels in Alaska and My First Summer in the Sierra. Reprint.
John Muir, Edwin Way Teale, 2001
6
John Muir's Last Journey: South To The Amazon And East To ...
The 1911-12 journals and correspondence reproduced in this volume allow us to travel with him up the great Amazon, into the jungles of southern Brazil, to snowline in the Andes, through southern and central Africa to the headwaters of the ...
Michael P. Branch, John Muir, 2013
7
John Muir: nature's visionary
In this definitive photobiography, Ehrlich brings her award-winning grace & insight to the life of one of our nation's most prized environmental heroes--John Muir, a founder of the Sierra Club.
Gretel Ehrlich, 2000
8
A Passion for Nature : The Life of John Muir: The Life of ...
Yet the book also describes a Muir who was a successful fruit-grower, a talented scientist and world-traveler, a doting father and husband, a self-made man of wealth and political influence.
Donald Worster Hall Distinguished Professor of American History University of Kansas, 2008
9
My First Summer in Sierra
It wasn't until 1911, however, that he published My First Summer in Sierra, an account of that experience which would inspire many to visit the Yosemite region and has become a classic of environmentalist literature.
John Muir, 2010
10
John Muir: Family, Friends, and Adventures
New information on the life of the famed environmentalist presented in 2001 at the John Muir Institute, hosted by the John Muir Center.
Sally M. Miller, Daryl Morrison, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUIR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term muir is used in the context of the following news items.
1
U.S. News & World Report Ranks John Muir Health's Medical …
John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek Ranks in Top 50 nationally for Orthopedics, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, and Gynecology. «Business Wire, Jul 15»
2
Section of Muir Road To Close For Construction
Muir Road from Hedberg Road to Falun Road will be closed Friday, July 24th, for the replacement of an existing drainage structure with a new ... «Salina Post, Jul 15»
3
John Muir Health Offer MitraClip Device for Patients with Mitral …
Physicians at John Muir Health, a nationally recognized, not-for-profit healthcare organization east of San Francisco serving patients in Contra ... «Cardiovascular Disease News, Jul 15»
4
ABC's 'World News Tonight With David Muir' is the Only Evening …
ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” averaged 7.505 million Total Viewers, 1.795 million Adults 25-54 and 1.252 million Adults ... «TVbytheNumbers, Jul 15»
5
John Muir In Concord and Walnut Creek Among CA's Top 15 Hospitals
U.S. News and World Report sifted through data for nearly 5,000 hospitals and results from surveys of more than 140,000 physicians to rank the ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
6
Muir hails battling display from Cougars Reserves
DEAN Muir had reason to be pleased after a much-improved performance from his Cougars Reserves side saw them lose 42-30 at home to ... «Keighley News, Jul 15»
7
Exclusive: Cuba's Foreign Minister Talks With David Muir About …
"This flag has been waiting 54 years for this — for this special moment,” Rodriguez told Muir. “And I remember that then President Fidel Castro ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
8
ABC's David Muir: All You Need to Know
News anchor David Muir knew he wanted to be a journalist by the time he hit double digits. Around fifth grade, he began broadcasting from inside a cardboard ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
9
John Muir Health Among First Hospitals in Northern California to …
CONCORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Physicians at John Muir Health are among the first in Northern California to offer patients suffering from ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
10
Residents to meet with council over fears of speeding at Monks' Muir
Discussions about the speed that vehicles are travelling along the A199 outside Monks' Muir Park, west of East Linton, have been going on for ... «East Lothian Courier, Jul 15»

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