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

Mir Zaman told the BBC that he pulled his dead children out of the rubble by himself.

From BBC

"With hip hop, rap, and electronic music now dominating Kashmir's soundscape, younger generations no longer connect with the depth or discipline of traditional music," says Shabir Ahmad Mir, a music teacher.

From BBC

Bhajan Sopori, who has Kashmiri roots, "deepened its tonal range and infused it with Sufi expression", adds Mr Mir, helping cement the santoor's place in Indian classical music.

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She'll be following in the footsteps of Britons Helen Sharman, who visited the Soviet's Mir Space Station in 1991, and Tim Peake who launched to the ISS in 2015.

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The team may never have found this clandestine jail – a stone's throw from Dhaka's International Airport – without the recollections of Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem and others.

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