World (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Geography/culture 1.1 Worlds 2 Religion/philosophy 2.1 Worlds 3 The arts 3.1 Worlds 4 History/development 5 Media 5.1 Worlds 6 Various 6.1 Figurative uses of world

World may refer to:

[edit] Geography/culture

• The world; that is, the planet Earth
• Any planet deemed comparable to Earth
• World (adjective), for world-wide sociological phenomena
• The universe
• The World (archipelago), a group of artificial islands near Dubai

[edit] Worlds

• Eastern world
• Northern world
• Southern world
• Western world
• Arab world
• Chinese world (Sinosphere)
• Indian world (Indian subcontinent, Indosphere)

[edit] Religion/philosophy

• The world (philosophy), a key philosophical concept
• The world (theology), a key theological concept

[edit] Worlds

• 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 (Native American mythology), is the coming world that will exist after the current world in Native American mythology

[edit] The arts

• 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", a song by Japanese kei band Nightmare and the first opening theme of the anime Death Note
• 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 (radio program) produced by the BBC and Public Radio International
• 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

[edit] Worlds

• Constructed world
• Fantasy world
• Fictional world
• Imaginary world
• Parallel universe (fiction)
• Art world

[edit] History/development

• Old World
• New World
• First World
• Second World
• Third World
• Fourth World
• Developed 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

[edit] 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 evangelical 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

[edit] Worlds

• National Geographic World, a magazine now published under the name National Geographic Kids

[edit] 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
• The World Islands, an archipelago of 300 miniature man-made islands designed to resemble a map of the world being developed by Nakheel Properties, located 4.1 km offshore from Dubai.
• The World Universities Debating Championship or Worlds
• World Airways, an airline (callsign: WORLD)

[edit] 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)