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Synonyms for old worlds


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ohld-wurld
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊldˈwɜrld

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Définition of old worlds

Origin :
  • of or pertaining to Eurasia and Africa, as opposed to the Americas, 1877.
  • As in native land : noun one's native country
  • As in old country : noun native land
Example sentences :
  • By old earthquakes and changes which happened in old worlds, ages on ages since.
  • Extract from : « Madam How and Lady Why » by Charles Kingsley
  • Macrotherium, like the last genus, seems to have been common to both New and Old Worlds.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • Still, all these differences are unessential; in principle the academic libraries are alike in the New and Old Worlds.
  • Extract from : « The Library and Society » by Various
  • In reality, here is the oldest of old worlds, in which pigmy man is not even of yesterday, but only of to-day.
  • Extract from : « A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs » by George M. Wrong
  • The notion is from Cuvier (that of the old worlds), as I have explained in an additional note to the preface.
  • Extract from : « Life of Lord Byron, With His Letters And Journals, Vol. 5 (of 6) » by (Lord Byron) George Gordon Byron
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