Old World

Definitions

1. The Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe, Africa and Asia.
2. The known world before the discovery of the Americas.

Equivalents

Examples

“Over the mind⟳ of the tourist, visiting the Old World for the first time,—countries where have⟳ transpired thrilling events recorded in history, what an immensity of thought and feeling sweeps!”

“When our Founding Fathers broke with the old world, America indeed was an experiment⟳, and history has shown that such experiments were tried on few occasions but previously failed.”

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