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
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world

Summary

world is an ambiguous Wikidata item[1]. world draws 28,906 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].
  • world's history of topic is recorded as human history[22].
  • world's geography of topic is recorded as world geography[23].
  • world's economy of topic is recorded as world economy[24].
  • world's demographics of topic is recorded as demographics of the world[25].

Body

Publication

world is part of physical location[6].

Cultural Impact

Things named for world include Shanghai World Financial Center[26], a skyscraper[27], in People's Republic of China[28], founded in 2008[29]; Russian world[30], a concept[31]; Memory of the World[32], a collaboration[33], founded in 1992[34]; The World Calendar[35]; kosmochlor[36], a mineral species[37]; The Bulb World[38], a business[39], in Botswana[40], founded in 2017[41], headquartered in Gaborone[42]; and Mondonomo[43], a website[44], founded in 2022[45].

Why It Matters

world draws 28,906 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.[46] world is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for world include Shanghai World Financial Center[26], a skyscraper[27], in People's Republic of China[28], founded in 2008[29]; Russian world[30], a concept[31]; Memory of the World[32], a collaboration[33], founded in 1992[34]; The World Calendar[35]; kosmochlor[36], a mineral species[37]; and The Bulb World[38], a business[39], in Botswana[40], founded in 2017[41], headquartered in Gaborone[42].

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.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [45] ↑ . 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. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Yupik · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Anarâš aavis topic id → maailm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14269]]: maailm"
  2. 12w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → memory-beta:World
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P1810]]: World, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/9a251f5f598c|details]])"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → world
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: world, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969134|world (#289969134)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 19w 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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