Muirton
suburban area · Perth and Kinross
ScotsSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
Muirton is a Scottish place name meaning 'settlement on the moor'. It is composed of the Scots word 'muir' meaning moor or heath, and the Old English suffix '-tun' meaning settlement or farmstead.
Word origins
- Muir
- Scotsmoor, heath(from mōr "moorland")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")
Historical forms
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