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Old World
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old-world
English
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Old World.wav Southern England
Proper noun
Old World 1
The Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe, Africa and Asia.
en New World
The known world before the discovery of the Americas.
en 1859 Ferna Vale Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds Over the mind of the tourist, visiting the Old World for the first time,—countries where have transpired thrilling events recorded in history, what an immensity of thought and feeling sweeps!
en 2021-2022 Winter James R. Poplar III America: The Great Experiment in Human Governance SAR Magazine Louisville, KY w:Sons of the American Revolution 116 3 0161-0511 1766001 19 1 When our Founding Fathers broke with the old world, America indeed was an experiment, and history has shown that such experiments were tried on few occasions but previously failed.
Derived terms
en Old World monkey Old World mouse Old World oriole Old World porcupine Old World quail Old World rat Old World ROM Old World ROM Old World screwworm Old World sparrow Old World vulture
Related terms
en old-world (adj)
Translations
the Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe, Africa and Asia
Arabic: ar الْعَالَم الْقَدِيم m definite
Armenian: hy հին աշխարհ
Azerbaijani: az Köhnə dünya
Belarusian: be Стары́ Свет m, be Стары́ Сьвет m
Bengali: bn কদিম জাহান
Bulgarian: bg Стар свят m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 舊大陸 Jiù Dàlù, cmn 舊世界 Jiù Shìjiè
Cornish: kw Bys Koth
Czech: cs Starý svět m
Danish: da den gamle verden c definite
Dutch: nl Oude Wereld m f
Estonian: et Vana Maailm
Finnish: fi vanha manner, fi vanha maailma
French: fr Ancien Monde m, fr Vieux Monde m
Galician: gl Vello Mundo m
Georgian: ka ძველი სამყარო, ka ძველი მსოფლიო
German: de Alte Welt f
Greek: el Παλαιός Κόσμος m
Hindi: hi पूर्वजगत m pūrvjagat
Indonesian: id Dunia Lama
Italian: it Vecchio mondo m
Japanese: ja 旧世界 きゅうせかい, Kyūsekai, ja 旧大陸 きゅうたいりく, Kyūtairiku
Kazakh: kk Ескі Дүние
Korean: ko ^구세계(舊世界), ko ^구대륙(舊大陸)
Kyrgyz: ky Эски Дүйнө
Latvian: lv Vecā pasaule f
Lithuanian: lt Senasis pasaulis m
Macedonian: mk Стар Свет m
Malay: ms Dunia Lama
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb den gamle verden m definite
Persian:
Classical Persian: fa-cls جَهَانِ قَدِیم
Iranian Persian: fa-ira جَهانِ قَدیم
Polish: pl Stary Świat m
Portuguese: pt Velho Mundo m
Romanian: ro Lumea Veche f
Russian: ru Ста́рый Свет m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Стари свет m, sh Стари свијет m
Latin: sh Stari svet m, sh Stari svijet m
Slovak: sk Starý svet m
Slovene: sl Stari svet m
Spanish: es Viejo Continente m, es Antiguo Continente m, es Mundo Antiguo m, es Viejo Mundo m
Swedish: sv gamla världen c definite
Tagalog: tl Lumang Daigdig
Tajik: tg Дунёи қадим
Thai: th โลกเก่า
Turkish: tr Eski Dünya
Ottoman Turkish: ota اَسكی دُنیا Eski Dünyâ
Ukrainian: uk Стари́й Світ m
Urdu: ur قَدِیمِ دُنِیا f
Uzbek: uz Eski dunyo
Vietnamese: vi Cựu Thế giới (vi 舊世界)
Welsh: cy yr Hen Fyd m
Anagrams
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