| mir (mîr) n. A village community of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia. [Russian, commune, peace, from Old Church Slavonic mir  , peace, possibly of Iranian origin.] |
mir Russian [mir]
n pl miri [ˈmiri]
(Historical Terms) a peasant commune in prerevolutionary Russia
[literally: world]
Mir [mɪə]
n
(Astronautics) the Russian (formerly Soviet) manned space station launched in February 1986 and scuttled in 2001
[Russian: peace]
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