Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Luis María Mirón prefers trains to airplanes.

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  2. Luis María Mirón prefers the train to the airplane.

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  3. "Mir" is a beautiful Russian word which means "peace."

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  4. The Mir space station was the largest man-made object to ever fall from orbit.

    deDie Raumstation „Mir“ war das größte menschengemachte Objekt, das je vom Himmel gefallen ist.

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  5. Mir got attached to his wildlife neighbors, and even gave names to the two grown birds: Lilly and Billy.

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Origin

Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, “community, village commune; peace; world”).

Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, “community, village commune; peace; world”).

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Forms

plural: mirs
Singularmir
Pluralmirs

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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