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

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.

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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.

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Early in the second half Mir clipped the top of the crossbar with a curling effort as Elche battled well.

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Veteran goalkeeper Szczesny pushed a Mir effort onto the post to save Barca sweating over their advantage in the final stages.

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Mir bent a shot past Ronald Araujo and Barca goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and in at the far post.

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