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Geography/culture

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Antarctica Oceania Africa Asia Europe North America South America Middle East Caribbean Central Asia East Asia North Asia South Asia Southeast Asia SW. Asia Australasia Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia Central America Latin America Northern America Americas C. Africa E. Africa N. Africa Southern Africa W. Africa C. Europe E. Europe N... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ...

Religion/philosophy

• The world (philosophy), a key philosophical concept
• The world (theology), a key theological concept
• Buddhist World
• Christian World
• Hindu World
• Jewish World
• Muslim World
• The Fourth World is the current world in the mythology of the Hopi and the Maya
• The Fifth World, in Native American mythology, is the coming world that will exist after the current world

The world is, in a philosophical sense, everything that is seen and percieved by human intellect and human senses, even though some branches of philosophy may refer to different worlds, making a reference to the different realms of philosophy (such as the mathematical world, the intelligible world, the world of... World is a key concept in theology. ... Nations with a Muslim majority appear in green, while nations that are approximately 50% Muslim appear yellow. ... Fourth World may mean: Fourth World, a term most commonly used to collectively describe notably marginalised or oppressed groups, in particular indigenous peoples, living in Third or First World countries. ... Fifth world has several related meanings: According to Native American Hopi mythology, the current world, the Fourth World, is coming to an end. ...

The arts

• Constructed world
• Fantasy world
• Fictional world
• Imaginary world
• Parallel universe (fiction)
• A "world" can also refer to a collections of levels in a video game, in which the levels share similar characteristics (i.e. fire, ice, jungle).
• World (band), an indie rock outfit from Portland, Oregon
• "World" (song), the name of several songs
• The World (Brad Paisley song), a song by Brad Paisley
• The World (film), the English title of the 2004 Chinese film Shijie, directed by Jia Zhangke
• The World (Descartes)
• In C.S. Lewis's interpretation, as used in his Narnia children's novels and elsewhere, "Worlds" are places separated not by distance but by more fundamental barriers. It is impossible to travel from one world to another, even if you travel forever. Heaven, Earth and Hell are different worlds. This usage conveys the same kind of meaning as spiritual plane or dimension.
• The World, Dio Brando's stand in the Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and a famous internet meme.
• The World is a boss in House of the Dead 4
• The World (.hack) (a fictional online role-playing game)
• The World (WWE), a WWE-themed restaurant/retail store complex in Times Square in New York City, now occupied by the Hard Rock Cafe

A rendered conworld, as would be seen from space by an observer. ... A fantasy world is a type of fictional universe in which magic or other similar powers work. ... A fictional universe is a cohesive fictional world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ... An imaginary world is a setting, place or event or scenario at variance with objective reality, ranging from the voluntary suspension of disbelief of fictional universes and the socially constructed consensus reality of the Social Imaginary, to alternate realities resulting from disinformation, misinformation or imaginative speculation, and the subjective universe... Parallel universe or alternate reality in science fiction and fantasy is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with our own. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... World is an experimental, psychedelic rock duo that features Yume Bitsus Adam Forkner and Honey Owens (of Nudge and Jackie-O Motherfucker). ... World is the name of several songs: World (The Price of Love), a song by New Order World (Five for Fighting song), a song by Five for Fighting World (Bee Gees song), a song by the Bee Gees World (James Brown song), a song by James Brown Category: ... Time Well Wasted, Brad Paisleys fourth studio album was released on August 16, 2005. ... The World film poster The World (Chinese: Shijie) is a 2004 film written and directed by Jia Zhangke. ... The World (original title, Le Monde) is a book by René Descartes (1596–1650). ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ... Dio Brando is a character from the anime and manga Jojos Bizarre Adventure who was born in England in the 19th century. ... JoJos Bizarre Adventure , alternatively translated as JoJos Venture) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. ... The term meme (IPA: , rhyming with theme. Commonly pronounced in the US as , rhyming with gem), coined in 1976[1] by the biologist Richard Dawkins, refers to a unit of cultural information which can propagate from one mind to another in a manner analogous to genes (i. ... House of the Dead 4 is a Light gun arcade game with a horror theme and the third sequel to the House of the Dead series of arcade games developed by Sega. ... The World is a fictional MMORPG in the anime, manga, and game franchise, .hack. ... The World was a WWE-themed restaurant in Times Square in New York City on the corner of Broadway and 43rd Street. ...

History/development

• Old World
• New World
• First World
• Second World
• Third World
• Developed World
• Underdeveloped World
• Developing World
• The North, in reference to the North-South divide
• The South, in reference to the North-South divide
• Indigenous World
• Non-indigenous World
• Fourth World
• Free World

The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia), plus surrounding islands. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... The terms First World, Second World, and Third World were used to divide the nations of Earth into three broad categories. ... A map of countries often considered to have made up the Second World from the 1950s through the 1980s. ... For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... A developed country is a country that has achieved (currently or historically) a high degree of industrialization, and which enjoys the higher standards of living which wealth and technology make possible. ... For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... The updated view of the north-south divide based on its accurate definition of the north. ... The updated view of the north-south divide based on its accurate definition of the north. ... The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition, but can be used about any ethnic group who inhabit the geographic region with which they have the earliest historical connection. ... Fourth World may mean: Fourth World, a term most commonly used to collectively describe notably marginalised or oppressed groups, in particular indigenous peoples, living in Third or First World countries. ... The Free World is a Cold War-era term used by non-communist nations to describe themselves. ...

Media

• The World, a daily international news programme on BBC World. Also shown on BBC Four in the United Kingdom
• The World (radio program), a radio program produced by the BBC and Public Radio International
• The New York World, a defunct paper in the United States, often called "The World" for short
• The Vancouver Daily World, a defunct paper in Canada, often called "The World" for short
• The World (newspaper), a proposed British compact newspaper
• The World (Coos Bay), newspaper of Coos Bay, Oregon, United States
• The World (Vermont newspaper), newspaper in Barre, Vermont
• The World (South African newspaper)
• World (magazine), a conservative Reformed evangelical Protestantism newsmagazine
• Le Monde (French for "The World") is a French daily evening newspaper
• El Mundo (Spanish for "The World") is a Spanish daily newspaper (There are also separate newspapers of the same name in Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Argentina and Bolivia.)
• Die Welt (German for "The World") is a German daily newspaper
• National Geographic World, a magazine now published under the name National Geographic Kids
• Worldwide is the title of one of Audio Adrenaline's album.

BBC World is the BBCs 24-hour international news and information television channel, launched in January 1995. ... BBC Four Ident BBC Four is a BBC television channel available to digital television (Freeview, satellite and cable) viewers in the UK. The successor to an earlier digital channel called BBC Knowledge, BBC Four began on March 2, 2002 – its first evenings programmes being simulcast on BBC Two. ... The World is a news radio program produced by the BBC World Service of the United Kingdom, and Public Radio International and WGBH of the United States. ... The New York World was a newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931. ... The Vancouver Daily World (also known as the Vancouver World or simply the World) was a newspaper once published in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... The World is the working title of a new British compact newspaper, to be managed by Stephen Glover. ... The World is a six-day-a-week newspaper in Coos Bay, Oregon, United States. ... The World, originally named The Bantu World, was the Johannesburg black daily newspaper which published photographer Sam Nzimas iconic image of Hector Pieterson, taken during the Soweto uprisings of June 16, 1976. ... IN THE NAME OF ALLAH ... Le Monde is also the name of a song by the Thievery Corporation. ... El Mundo is the second largest newspaper in Spain, with a circulation of 350,297 copies (2003). ... Die Welt is a German national daily newspaper published by the Axel Springer company. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Worldwide is the ninth album released by Audio Adrenaline. ... Audio Adrenaline was a Christian rock band formed in the early 1990s at Kentucky Christian College in Grayson, Kentucky, USA. Along with dc Talk, Newsboys and Jars of Clay, they quickly became one of the most successful Christian pop-rock bands of the 90s. ...

Various

• The World, a cruise-ship type vessel, but with residential apartments that are owned, not rented
• The World (internet service provider), an internet service provider headquartered in Massachusetts
• World (language), an esoteric programming language
• The World (Tarot card), a Major Arcana card in Tarot

In Juneau, Alaska in 2003 In Mackay, Queensland The World is the worlds largest private yacht—a floating residential community owned by her residents. ... The World is an internet service provider headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts. ... The World (XXI) The World (XXI) is a trump card in the tarot deck. ...

Figurative uses of world

• "living in two different worlds" (two people with very little in common)
• The "end of the world"
  • (the end of everything with which I am familiar)
  • (destruction of the world or of world civilization)

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