How to Pronounce "mir"
word
MIRR
MEE-uh
Definition
'Mir' is a Russian term for a village community or peasant commune, especially in tsarist Russia, where land was held in common and managed collectively.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈmɪɹ
British English
mˈiə
Simplified Pronunciation
US
MIRR
UK
MEE-uh
Listen in Context
The traditional Russian mir managed the farmland collectively.
Each family in the mir shared responsibility for the land.
Tsarist reforms affected the mir system in rural Russia.
Historians often debate how effective the mir was at preventing poverty.