mir

¹

[ meer; Russian myeer ]

noun

, Russian.

, plural mi·ri [meer, -ee, myee, -, r, i].

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

MIr.

²

or M.Ir.

abbreviation for

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

“On Earth we have lots of different smells, like washing machine laundry or fresh air. But in space there’s just one smell, and we get used to it quickly,” explains Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut, who spent eight days on the Soviet space station Mir in 1991.

From BBC

“I don’t think Article 370 will come back unless any miracle happens,” said Suheel Mir, a research scholar, adding that parties were making promises about restoring autonomy in a “politically charged” atmosphere to get votes.

From BBC

“On Earth we have lots of different smells, like washing machine laundry or fresh air. But in space there’s just one smell, and we get used to it quickly,” explains Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut, who spent eight days on the Soviet space station Mir in 1991.

From BBC

Russian Valeri Polyakov spent 437 days in space in aboard the Mir space station in the mid-1990s.

From BBC

But when she reached the determined outburst of “Gib mir den Kopf des Jochanaan!”

From New York Times