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Mundaneum

Mundaneum proper noun: an institution created in 1910 that attempted to store and classify the world's knowledge.

Proper noun

Mundaneum

  1. (historical) An institution created in 1910 that attempted to store and classify the world's knowledge.

Origin of Mundaneum

From a New Latin term coined by the institution's founders; by surface analysis, mundan(us) + -eum, reflecting their cosmopolitan (internationalist and supranational) aspirations.

Questions about Mundaneum

What does Mundaneum mean?
Mundaneum means an institution created in 1910 that attempted to store and classify the world's knowledge.
What part of speech is Mundaneum?
Mundaneum is a proper noun.

Words near Mundaneum in the dictionary

  1. mundaneness
  2. mundanenesses
  3. mundaner
  4. mundanes
  5. mundanest
  6. Mundaneum
  7. mundania
  8. mundanism
  9. mundanities
  10. mundanity
  11. mundans

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