mir
noun
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
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mir
1 American
[meer, myeer ]
/ mɪər, mjir /
noun
Russian.
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miri
plural
MIr.
2
American
Or
M.Ir.
abbreviation
Mir
1
British
/ mɪə /
noun
mir
2
British
/ mir /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Mir1
C20: Russian: peace
Origin of mir2
literally: world
Example Sentences
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The couple were expecting a boy and had named him Miron after the Russian word mir, meaning peace.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2022
She’d sigh and say in Yiddish, “Es felt mir vi a lokh in kop.”
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2020
Performances of “Die Tote Stadt” were more or less limited to excerpts, like the popular aria “Glück, das mir verlieb.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
She licked bitter, gel- coated lips, staring at the little hunk of dwarf planet and orbital station she’d called home, with the Casi- mir Gate in orbit around it.
From The Verge ● Jun. 11, 2019
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
In 1991, Helen Sharman became the first British person to travel into space on an eight-day mission to the Mir Space Station.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Mir added that sharing data contributes to "systems that might not have your best interests at heart".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
“In the worst-case scenario, potentially fraudulent operators could, you know, full-on take the ID or resell it,” said Mir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Several spacecraft and telescopes -- including Mir -- have met a similar fate, splashing down at an isolated spot in the ocean called Point Nemo.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
In the 15 years since Elena Kondakova’s voyage to the Mir Space Station in 1997, not a single female cosmonaut has gone on a spaceflight.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
Sheik Mohammed Abdullah, a Kash miri Moslem who had long been a friend of Nehru's.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two eunuchs brought mirrors inlaid with emeralds, and the miri achorok held the reins of splendidly caparisoned chargers.
From Halil the Pedlar A Tale of Old Stambul by Mór Jókai
Man nasher lis avrī tiro zī miri chavi.”
From The Gypsies by Charles Godfrey Leland
Rinkeno picture sas, pendom dikkav mande te miri penia te pralia kennā shomas bitti.
From The Gypsies by Charles Godfrey Leland
I said nothing for a few seconds, but looked at her intently, and then asked,— “Rakessa tu Romanes, miri pen?”
From The Gypsies by Charles Godfrey Leland
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