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Meaning of World Turtle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The mythical giant sea turtle or tortoise that upholds the World in various cosmologies.

Examples

“In the underworld beneath the lid on the back of the world turtle, where the god Batara Kala and the goddess Setesuyara lived, there was perpetual darkness.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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