Mir (disambiguation)
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Mir may have the following meanings:
- People
- Mir (band), a Canadian music group
- Mir (ruler), (Arabic: أمير ) synonymous to Emir
- Mir (title), (Urdu: مير) is a title in Pakistan. It is related to Mir (ruler).
- Mir (tribe), (Urdu: مير) is a tribe in Pakistan. It is related to Mir (ruler).
- Mir Taqi Mir, pen name of an Urdu poet
- Aasmah Mir, BBC Radio Five Live presenter and news reader and newspaper columnist.
- Frank Mir, Mixed Martial Artist, Former UFC Heavyweight Champion.
- Places
- Mir (social), a type of rural community in Imperial Russia
- Mir, Belarus, a town in Belarus
- Mir Castle Complex, a castle and World Heritage Site in the said town
- Mir (A Time Odyssey), the fictional world in Arthur C. Clarke's novel Time's Eye
- Other
- Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, originally from Mir, Belarus
- Mir Yeshiva in New York, originally from Mir, Belarus
- Mir Mine, the famous Soviet diamond pipe.
- miR (MicroRNA), an endogenous small RNA molecule involved in RNA-mediated gene silencing.
- MIR (submersible)
- STS Mir, a ship
- Mir (computer), an early Soviet personal computer (uk:ЕОМ "МИР-1", uk:ЕОМ "МИР-2")
- Mir Publishing House
- Mir, an open-source content management system powering many Indymedia sites
See also" MIR