the Russian (formerly Soviet) manned space station launched in February 1986 and scuttled in 2001
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-mir-, root.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- -mir- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "to wonder.'' This meaning is found in such words as: admirable, admiration, admire, miracle, miraculous, mirage, mirror.
mir
(mēr; Russ. myēr),USA pronunciation n., pl. mi•ri (mēr′ē; Russ. myē′ri).USA pronunciation [Russian.]
MIr.,
- Foreign Termsa village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
MIr.,
- Middle Irish.
'Mir' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Constitution mirror
- Fresnel mirrors
- Hindu Kush
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Kashmir goat
- Kashmir rug
- Martha Washington mirror
- Multiple Mirror Telescope
- Tirich Mir
- arpent
- beat
- beck
- birrus
- blemish
- borough
- brasserie
- bull's-eye mirror
- bushel
- ceilidh
- clarsach
- courting mirror
- deasil
- dirdum
- gallet
- galliard
- javelin
- ker-
- leather
- leprechaun
- magnetic mirror
- mart
- me
- mine
- miracle drug
- miracle fruit
- miracle man
- miracle mile
- miracle play
- mirage
- mirror
- mirror image
- mirror plant
- miry
- mutton
- ogham
- pellicle mirror
- pillion
- quagmire
- rearview mirror
- tabernacle mirror