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Mir vs Alvin - What's the difference?

mir | alvin |

As proper nouns the difference between mir and alvin

is that mir is a Soviet, later Russian space station while Alvin is a given name derived from Old English.

As a noun mir

is a Russian village community.

mir

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Russian village community.

    • Anagrams

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    alvin

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Alvyn

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

    • Usage notes

    *Always rare in Britain but revived in the U.S.A. in the nineteenth century.

    Related terms

    * Alven

    See also

    * Albin * Alwin, Alwyn, Elwin

    References

    * Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

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