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  • mir
    mir
    noun
    a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
  • MIr.
    MIr.
    abbreviation
    Middle Irish.
  • Mir
    Mir
    noun
    the Russian (formerly Soviet) manned space station launched in February 1986 and scuttled in 2001

mir

1 American  
[meer, myeer] / mɪər, myir /

noun

Russian.

plural

miri

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

MIr. 2 American  
Or M.Ir.

abbreviation

  1. Middle Irish.

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

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Diese Physik, in der ich einmal gearbeitet habe und eines Tages wieder arbeiten werde, kommt mir jetzt so weit weg vor, als hätte es sie nie gegeben und wird auch nicht wieder.

From Scientific American • Sep. 7, 2023

“Mir kumen on, mir kumen on! Un fest un zikher undzer trot!”

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Darin bin ich mir mit unseren Verbündeten absolut einig.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2022

"Es tut mir leid aber ich verstehe nicht wofur du gestorben," it says.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2014

The Russian word mir means “world” or “village.”

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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