mir

¹

[meer, myeer]

noun

Russian.

plural

miri 

1. a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.

MIr.

²

Or M.Ir.

abbreviation

1. Middle Irish.

Mir

¹

/ mɪə /

noun

1. the Russian (formerly Soviet) manned space station launched in February 1986 and scuttled in 2001

mir

²

/ mir /

noun

1. a peasant commune in prerevolutionary Russia

Word History and Origins

Origin of mir¹

C20: Russian: peace

Origin of mir²

literally: world

Example Sentences

Honda's Joan Mir was third to make it an all-Spanish podium, with Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo completing the top five.

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Home hope Jack Miller, who started from third, crashed out early in the race, as did Frenchman Johann Zarco and Honda's Joan Mir.

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Home hope Jack Miller, who started from third, crashed out early in the race, as did Frenchman Johann Zarco and Spain's Joan Mir.

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Both Shahab and Yunus Mir'kazei have been charged by the American authorities, but are still at large and believed to be in Iran.

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"The penalties are not strict enough," for both employers and parents, said Mir Tariq Ali Talpur, the social affairs minister for rural and impoverished Sindh.

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