Old World

See also: old-world

English

Proper noun

the Old World

1. The Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe, Africa and Asia.

   Antonym: New World

2. The known world before the discovery of the Americas.
   • 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!

   • 2021-2022 Winter, James R. Poplar III, “America: The Great Experiment in Human Governance”, in SAR Magazine, volume 116, number 3, Louisville, KY: Sons of the American Revolution, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 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

• Old World monkey
• Old World ROM

Related terms

• old-world (adj)

Translations

the Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe, Africa and Asia

• Arabic: الْعَالَم الْقَدِيم m (al-ʕālam al-qadīm) (definite)
• Armenian: հին աշխարհ (hy) (hin ašxarh)
• Azerbaijani: Köhnə dünya
• Belarusian: Стары́ Свет m (Starý Svjet), Стары́ Сьвет m (Starý Sʹvjet)
• Bengali: কদিম জাহান (kodim jahan)
• Bulgarian: Стар свят m (Star svjat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舊大陸／旧大陆 (zh) (Jiù Dàlù), 舊世界／旧世界 (Jiù Shìjiè)

• Czech: Starý svět m
• Danish: den gamle verden c (definite)
• Dutch: Oude Wereld (nl) m or f
• Estonian: Vana Maailm
• Finnish: vanha manner, vanha maailma
• French: Ancien Monde (fr) m, Vieux Monde m
• Galician: Vello Mundo m
• Georgian: ძველი სამყარო (ʒveli samq̇aro), ძველი მსოფლიო (ʒveli msoplio)
• German: Alte Welt (de) f
• Greek: Παλαιός Κόσμος (el) m (Palaiós Kósmos)
• Hindi: पुरानी दुनिया f (purānī duniyā)
• Indonesian: Dunia Lama
• Italian: Vecchio mondo m
• Japanese: 旧世界 (ja) (きゅうせかい, Kyūsekai), 旧大陸 (ja) (きゅうたいりく, Kyūtairiku)
• Kazakh: Ескі Дүние (Eskı Dünie)
• Korean: 구세계(舊世界) (ko) (Gusegye), 구대륙(舊大陸) (ko) (Gudaeryuk)
• Kyrgyz: Эски Дүйнө (Eski Düynö)
• Latvian: Vecā pasaule f
• Lithuanian: Senasis pasaulis m
• Macedonian: Стар Свет m (Star Svet)
• Malay: Dunia Lama
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: den gamle verden m (definite)

• Ottoman Turkish: اَسكی دُنیا (Eski Dünyâ)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: جَهَانِ قَدِیم (jahān-i qadīm)

  Iranian Persian: جَهانِ قَدیم (jahân-e ğadim)

• Polish: Stary Świat (pl) m
• Portuguese: Velho Mundo (pt) m
• Romanian: Lumea Veche f
• Russian: Ста́рый Свет (ru) m (Stáryj Svet)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Стари свет m, Стари свијет m

  Roman: Stari svet m, Stari svijet m

• Slovak: Starý svet m
• Slovene: Stari svet m
• Spanish: Viejo Continente m, Antiguo Continente m, Mundo Antiguo m, Viejo Mundo m
• Swedish: gamla världen c (definite)
• Tagalog: Lumang Daigdig
• Tajik: Дунёи қадим (Dunyo-yi qadim)
• Thai: โลกเก่า (lôok-gào)
• Turkish: Eski Dünya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Стари́й Світ m (Starýj Svit)
• Urdu: قَدِیمِ دُنِیا f (qadīm-i duniyā)
• Uzbek: Eski dunyo
• Vietnamese: Cựu Thế giới (舊世界)
• Welsh: yr Hen Fyd m

Anagrams

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