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How to say "peace" in European languages (o.mastodon.au)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Much like Eskimo have 27 words for snow because they have so much exposure and have to denote subtle variations, Russians lumped a bunch of unused words together. World peace? Not in Russian!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

It's literally "Miru - mir", "Vsemirnyi mir", or "Mir vo vsyom mirje".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

No one have 27 words for snow, that's a myth