Mir (disambiguation)

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Mir is a Russian homonym – a word with multiple meanings but the same spelling. Before the Russian spelling reform of 1918, the two homonyms for mir were spelled differently and used different letters in place of the [i] vowel (миръ vs мiръ). In traditional Russian (village) culture the term applied to a whole (local) community, e.g., when villagers united their efforts for a common task, such as building a church building or clearing a field.

In modern Russian, мир (mir) means both peace and world. This word has been a popular means of designation for various objects, most notably vehicles, some of them nearly unique in design and function.

Mir was a Soviet, later Russian space station.

In German, mir is a form of personal pronoun; it is the 1st person singular dative of ich (I).

Mir or MIR may also refer to:

In Soviet or Russian contexts

MIR (computer), an early Soviet personal computer
Mir (lens), a Soviet photographic lens
MIR (submersible), a self-propelled Deep Submergence Vehicle
Mir Publishers, a Russian publishing house
STS Mir, a Russian sailing ship
Obshchina or Mir, a type of rural community in Imperial Russia
Mir, Russian manufacturer of Ferris wheels and other amusement rides

In acronyms

Mail-in rebate, a coupon for consumers to use to receive a refund
Management International Review, an economical journal dealing with aspects of international management
Master of Industrial Relations, a graduate degree in the field of human resources management
Maximum Information Rate, the maximum bandwidth in broadband wireless
The Mechanics' Institute Review
Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company, a Japanese railway company
Micropower Impulse Radar, a radar system developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mid-infrared, infrared radiation of medium wavelength
Middle Irish, an historical language
Monastir International Airport, in Tunisia
Moving Image Retoucher, a software tool for video and movie repair
Multiple isomorphous replacement, a technique used in crystallography
Music information retrieval, the interdisciplinary science of retrieving information from music
Musiktheater im Revier, a theater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Revolutionary Left Movement (disambiguation) or Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria
MIR photons

In Judaism

Mir yeshiva (Belarus), the original Mir Yeshiva, a rabbinical school in what is now Mir, Belarus
Mir yeshiva (Brooklyn), a rabbinical school in New York, successor to the Mir Yeshiva in Belarus
Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem), a rabbinical school in Jerusalem, successor to the Mir Yeshiva in Belarus

In media and entertainment

In fictional characters and places

Mir, a character in Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia
MicroRNA
Mir, a fictional place in Time's Eye by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter

Music

In artists

Mir (band), a Canadian music group
Mir, the stage name for Bang Chul-yong, member of South Korean boy band MBLAQ

In works

Mir (album), a 2011 album by Ott

In people

Mir Afsar Ali, Indian radio jockey and television anchor
Aasmah Mir, Scottish-Pakistani television presenter
Frank Mir, American mixed martial artist, former UFC heavyweight champion
Hamid Mir, Pakistani journalist and a terrorism expert and security analyst
Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810), Urdu poet
Pedro Mir (1913–2000), poet, laureate of the Dominican Republic
Mir-Hossein Mousavi, former prime minister of Iran
Joaquin Mir Trinxet, modernist Catalan painter

In places

Mir, Belarus
Mir, Iran, in Alborz Province
Mir, Lorestan, in Lorestan Province
Mir-e Aliabad, in Yazd Province
Mir mine, an abandoned open-pit diamond mine in East Siberia

In other uses

Mir (display server), a computer display server software produced by Canonical Ltd.
Mir (title), a title for a ruler
Mir (tribe), a tribe in the Punjab area of Pakistan