McGuire

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McGuire

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Anglicized from Irish mag Uidhir.

proper noun Maguire · MacGuire · McQuire

A surname from Irish. “The Richter scale is an old scale developed for California. It is only good for smaller quakes, and is not very good at differentiating the sizes of bigger shocks,” said McGuire.
An extinct town in Washington County, Arkansas, United States.
An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri, United States.
A ghost town in Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.

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Closest in meaning: molloy, maguire, acoa, mcguirt, mcguinn, mcguiness, mcguinness, mcgee, mcghee, mcguirl, mcgahey, mcghie, mcgeehan, mcgauran, mcguane, mcgaughy

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McGuire. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mcguire

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@misc{mcguire_2026,
  title = {McGuire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mcguire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}