mir

¹ American  

[meer, myeer] / mɪər, myir /

noun

Russian.

plural

miri

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

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MIr. ² American  

Or M.Ir.

abbreviation

1. Middle Irish.

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Mir ¹ British  

/ mɪə /

noun

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

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mir ² British  

/ mir /

noun

1. a peasant commune in prerevolutionary Russia

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Etymology

Origin of Mir¹

C20: Russian: peace

Origin of mir²

literally: world

Example Sentences

"I want to talk about an experiment I did this July," says Plan B hub director Mir Liponi.

From BBC

M.P.H., postdoctoral research associate at MIR.

From Science Daily

“He has been able to bring about a broader geostrategic reset,” said Asfandyar Mir, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, a foreign-affairs think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dr. Mir Faizal, an Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan's Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, and his collaborators, Drs. Lawrence M. Krauss, Arshid Shabir, and Francesco Marino, have shown that the underlying fabric of reality operates in a way no computer could ever replicate.

From Science Daily

Barca continued to struggle in defence and Elche had chances to cause an upset, scoring through Rafa Mir, with the striker also twice hitting the woodwork.

From Barron's