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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, mjir /

noun

Russian.

miri plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• miri
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Mir¹

C20: Russian: peace

Origin of mir²

literally: world

Example Sentences

The couple were expecting a boy and had named him Miron after the Russian word mir, meaning peace.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2022

This volume includes the aria Bist du bei mir, written by GH Stölzel, the theme that was chosen for my own set of variations.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2012

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

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

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

"Nobody but God," they say, "dare judge the mir," and the Czar, at any rate, respects the tradition.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John