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Earth
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the world |
| Synonyms: | apple, big blue marble, cosmos, creation, dust*, globe, macrocosm, orb, planet, sphere, star, sublunary world, terra, terra firma, terrene, terrestrial sphere, universe, vale |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | planet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celestial body orbiting a star |
| Synonyms: | apple, asteroid, earth, globe, heavenly body, luminous body, marble, orb*, planetoid, sphere, terrene, wandering star, world |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | territory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domain, region |
| Synonyms: | area, belt, block, boundary, colony, commonwealth, country, district, dominion, empire, enclave, exclave, expanse, extent, field, land, mandate, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, sector, sphere, state, stomping grounds, street, terrain, terrene, township, tract, turf*, walk, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | world |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | planet, globe |
| Synonyms: | cosmos, creation, earth, heavenly body, macrocosm, microcosm, nature, sphere, star, terrene, universe |
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| Concept: | World. |
| Synonyms: |
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world, creation, nature, universe; earth, globe, wide world; cosmos; kosmos; terraqueous globe, sphere; macrocosm, megacosm; music of the spheres., heavens, sky, welkin, empyrean; starry cope, starry heaven, starry host; firmament; Midgard; supersensible regions; varuna; vault of heaven, canopy of heaven; celestial spaces., heavenly bodies, stars, asteroids; nebulae; galaxy, milky way, galactic circle, via lactea., sun, orb of day, Apollo, Phoebus; photosphere, chromosphere; solar system; planet, planetoid; comet; satellite, moon, orb of night, Diana, silver-footed queen; aerolite, meteor; planetary ring; falling star, shooting star; meteorite, uranolite., constellation, zodiac, signs of the zodiac, Charles's wain, Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Great Bear, Southern Cross, Orion's belt, Cassiopea's chair, Pleiades., colures, equator, ecliptic, orbit., [Science of heavenly bodies] astronomy; uranography, uranology; cosmology, cosmography, cosmogony; eidouranion, orrery; goedesy (measurement); star gazing, star gazer; astronomer; observatory; planetarium.
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