mir
noun
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
mir
1 American
[meer, myeer ]
/ mɪər, mjir /
noun
Russian.
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miri
plural
MIr.
2
American
Or
M.Ir.
abbreviation
Mir
1
British
/ mɪə /
noun
mir
2
British
/ mir /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Mir1
C20: Russian: peace
Origin of mir2
literally: world
Example Sentences
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But when she reached the determined outburst of “Gib mir den Kopf des Jochanaan!”
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
The couple were expecting a boy and had named him Miron after the Russian word mir, meaning peace.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2022
She’d sigh and say in Yiddish, “Es felt mir vi a lokh in kop.”
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2020
She licked bitter, gel- coated lips, staring at the little hunk of dwarf planet and orbital station she’d called home, with the Casi- mir Gate in orbit around it.
From The Verge ● Jun. 11, 2019
His first name, Rem, was an acronym for revolutsky mir, Russian for "world revolution."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Rory Mir, director of open access and tech community engagement at campaign group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said it has seen a "concerning increase in 'pay-for-privacy' and 'data-bribing' practices from companies".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Among them is Leila Mir Ghaffari, who had been detained several times before, including during the women’s rights protests of 2022, according to two activists familiar with her situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
World IDs could present tempting targets for theft if they become widely adopted, according to Rory Mir, director of open access and tech community engagement at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights advocacy group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Spaniard Joan Mir set the pace on the second day of MotoGP pre-season testing in contrasting conditions at the Sepang circuit on Wednesday, as Italian-Japanese factory team Yamaha opted to stay off track.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
On April 17, 1978, the year Mariam turned nineteen, a man named Mir Akbar Khyber was found murdered.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Sheik Mohammed Abdullah, a Kash miri Moslem who had long been a friend of Nehru's.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sunday sala miri pen te me ghion adoi te latchedon o ker.
From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Rinkeno picture sas, pendom dikkav mande te miri penia te pralia kennā shomas bitti.
From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey
And I spoke suddenly, and said,— “Can tute rakker Romanes, miri dye?”
From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey
But once heard it comes ever, as I, though in the city, heard it last night in the winter wind, with Romany words mingled in wild refrain:— “Kamava tute, miri chelladi!”
From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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