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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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