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world map

Syllables: world·map/wɜːld ˈmæp/US/wɝːld ˈmæp/

world map noun: a map of a world; a cartographic representation, a projection done to scale, representative of a planet's surface.

world map: a map of a world; a cartographic representation, a projection done to scale, representative of a...
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Noun

world map (plural world maps)

  1. A map of a world; a cartographic representation, a projection done to scale, representative of a planet's surface.
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world map meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Persian

world map in Tamil

உலக நிலப்படம்

world map in Tagalog

map of a world
mapa ng daigdig, mapa ng mundo

world map in Arabic

map of a world
خَرِيطَةُ الْعَالَمِ ḵarīṭatu al-ʕālami

world map in Persian

map of a world
نقشه جهان naqše-ye jahân

Forms of world map

pluralworld maps

Origin of world map

Compound of world + map.

Questions about world map

What does world map mean?
World map means a map of a world; a cartographic representation, a projection done to scale, representative of a planet's surface.
What is world map in Tamil?
World map in Tamil is உலக நிலப்படம். See World map meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is world map?
World map is a noun.
How do you pronounce world map?
World map is pronounced /wɜːld ˈmæp/ (UK).
What is the plural of world map?
The plural of world map is world maps.

Words near world map in the dictionary

  1. world leader
  2. world leaders
  3. world line
  4. world lines
  5. world literature
  6. world map
  7. world maps
  8. world model
  9. world models
  10. world music
  11. world musics

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: world map (page history and authors); world map (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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