Old World

Old World
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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noun
Usage: usually capitalized O&W
: eastern hemisphere; specifically : the continent of Europe

renaissance … in the countries of the Old World — Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt

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1. Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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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
: Africa, Asia, and especially Europe

The animal is found throughout the Old World.

— compare

NEW WORLD

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the ˌOld ˈWorld [Old World] noun singular
Europe, Asia and Africa

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  • old-world — adj. 1. Characteristic of former times especially in Europe; as, an old world cottage. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Biology) Native to the Old World; not found in the Americas; as, old world monkeys. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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