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Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мир”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 110
The dual meaning of "peace" and "world" is unique to Slavic. The pre-1918 orthography had an orthographical distinction of the two identically pronounced words to avoid confusion.
мирвовсём ми́ре(the first "мир" is "peace", the second "мир" in the prepositional case is "world")
mir vo vsjom míre
world peace
(literally, “peace throughout all the world”)
Ми́ру мир!(the first "мир" in the dative case is "world", the second "мир" is "peace")
Míru mir!
Peace to the world! (slogan)
Же́нщины ми́ра! Крепи́те еди́нство в борьбе́ за мир.(the first "мир" in the genitive case is "world", the second "мир" in the accusative case is "peace")
Žénščiny míra! Krepíte jedínstvo v borʹbé za mir.
Women of the world! Strengthen unity in the struggle for peace. (from a 1978 poster by Mikhail Getman)
происхожде́ниеми́ра ― proisxoždénije míra ― origin of the universe
мир вовсёмми́ре(slogan, the first "мир" is "peace", the second "мир" in the prepositional case is "world")
mir vo vsjom míre
world peace
(literally, “peace throughout all the world”)
Ми́ру мир!(the first "мир" in the dative case is "world", the second "мир" is "peace")
Míru mir!
Peace to the world! (slogan)
Же́нщины ми́ра! Крепи́те еди́нство в борьбе́ за мир.(the first "мир" in the genitive case is "world", the second "мир" in the accusative case is "peace")
Žénščiny míra! Krepíte jedínstvo v borʹbé za mir.
Women of the world! Strengthen unity in the struggle for peace. (from a 1978 poster by Mikhail Getman)
Usage notes
The locative form миру́(mirú), "(in ) world", is used with religious figures to indicate their secular name – for example, "Протопоп Афанасий, в миру Александр Иванович Неизвестнов" would mean "Protopope Afanasy, secular name Alexander Ivanovich Neizvestnov".
центар града је оаза мира и зеленила ― city center is an oasis of peace and greenery
1996, United Nations, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Serbian”, in UDHR in Unicode, archived from the original on 21 May 2022:
Пошто је признавање урођеног достојанства и једнаких и неотуђивих права свих чланова људске породице темељ слободе, правде и мира у свету;
Pošto je priznavanje urođenog dostojanstva i jednakih i neotuđivih prava svih članova ljudske porodice temelj slobode, pravde i mira u svetu;
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,