noun
the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑region
• Part Holonyms: ↑eastern hemisphere, ↑orient
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nounUsage: usually capitalized O&W
renaissance … in the countries of the Old World — Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt
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1. Europe, Asia, and Africa.
2. See Eastern Hemisphere.
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Old World noun
The eastern hemisphere
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Main Entry: ↑old
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old-world «OHLD WURLD», adjective.
1. Also, Old-World. of or having to do with the Eastern Hemisphere; not of the New World; not American: »
old-world monkeys, old-world folk songs.
2. belonging to or characteristic of a former period: »
old-world courtesy.
3. of or having to do with the ancient world: »
The mammoth was an old-world elephant.
–old´-world´ly, adverb.
Old World,
Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia; Eastern Hemisphere.
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Europe, Asia, and Africa, regarded collectively as the part of the world known before the discovery of the Americas. Compare with New World
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noun
the Old World
The animal is found throughout the Old World.
— compare
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Europe, Asia and Africa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.