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Encyclopedia - World: Encyclopedia - World
In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is "age or life of man"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World: Encyclopedia Ii - World - Other Meanings
World can be used in less literal words; for example, two people with very little in common are "living in two different worlds". The "en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World: Encyclopedia Ii - World - Physical Locations
In other contexts, "world" is sometimes used poetically to mean any planet or moon; for example, Mars and Titan are two 'worlds' within t...   » Read the article