world

term ambiguously referring to any of: the whole of reality, the universe, the Earth and all life upon it, or human civilization
CreativeWork ambiguous_wikidata_item Q16502
world
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world

Summary

world is an ambiguous Wikidata item[1]. world draws 8,006 Wikipedia views per month (ambiguous_wikidata_item category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • world's instance of is recorded as ambiguous Wikidata item[3].
  • world's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[4].
  • world is a type of material entity[5].
  • world is part of physical location[6].
  • world's Commons category is recorded as World[7].
  • world's said to be the same as is recorded as Earth[8].
  • world's said to be the same as is recorded as universe[9].
  • world's topic's main category is recorded as Category:World[10].
  • world's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:World[11].
  • world's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12].
  • world's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • world's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • world's partially coincident with is recorded as this world[15].
  • world's different from is recorded as Dunia[16].
  • world's different from is recorded as Welt[17].
  • world's different from is recorded as Svet[18].
  • world's different from is recorded as Świat[19].
  • world's different from is recorded as The World[20].
  • world's different from is recorded as peace[21].

Body

Publication

world is part of physical location[6].

Cultural Impact

Things named for world include Shanghai World Financial Center[22], a skyscraper[23], in People's Republic of China[24], founded in 2008[25]; Russian world[26], a concept[27]; The World Calendar[28]; Memory of the World[29], a collaboration[30], founded in 1992[31]; kosmochlor[32], a mineral species[33]; The Bulb World[34], a business[35], in Botswana[36], founded in 2017[37], headquartered in Gaborone[38]; and Mondonomo[39], a website[40], founded in 2022[41].

Why It Matters

world draws 8,006 Wikipedia views per month (ambiguous_wikidata_item category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] world has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] world is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for world include Shanghai World Financial Center[22], a skyscraper[23], in People's Republic of China[24], founded in 2008[25]; Russian world[26], a concept[27]; The World Calendar[28]; Memory of the World[29], a collaboration[30], founded in 1992[31]; kosmochlor[32], a mineral species[33]; and The Bulb World[34], a business[35], in Botswana[36], founded in 2017[37], headquartered in Gaborone[38].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of physical location
    Instance of
    Different from Dunia, Welt, Svet +3
    Topic's main wikimedia portal Portal:World
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7319, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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