world map

world·map
UK/wɜːld ˈmæp/Canada, US/wɝːld ˈmæp/

noun

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

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:world map.”

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Meanings

nounworld map (plural world maps)

plural world maps

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

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:world map.

Origin

Compound of world + map.

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Translations

Afrikaans wêreldkaart
  • wêreldkaartmap of a world
Arabic خَرِيطَةُ الْعَالَمِ
  • خَرِيطَةُ الْعَالَمِ (ḵarīṭatu al-ʕālami)map of a world
Chinese Cantonese 世界地圖 /世界地图
  • 世界地圖 /世界地图 (sai³ gaai³ dei⁶ tou⁴)map of a world
Chinese Mandarin 世界地圖 /世界地图
  • 世界地圖 /世界地图 (shìjiè dìtú)map of a world
Danish verdenskort
  • verdenskortmap of a world
Dutch wereldkaart
  • wereldkaartmap of a world
Finnish maailmankartta
  • maailmankarttamap of a world
French planisphère, mappemonde
  • planisphèremap of a world
  • mappemondemap of a world
  • carte du mondemap of a world
German Weltkarte
  • Weltkartemap of a world
Hungarian világtérkép
  • világtérképmap of a world
Icelandic heimskort
  • heimskortmap of a world
Italian planisfero, mappamondo
  • planisferomap of a world
  • mappamondomap of a world
Japanese 世界地図
  • 世界地図 (sekai chizu)map of a world
Korean 세계지도
  • 세계지도 (segyejido)map of a world
Norwegian Bokmål verdenskart
  • verdenskartmap of a world
Persian نقشه جهان
  • نقشه جهان (naqše-ye jahân)map of a world
Portuguese mapa-múndi
  • mapa-múndimap of a world
Romanian hartă a lumii
  • hartă a lumiimap of a world
Russian ка́рта ми́ра
  • ка́рта ми́ра (kárta míra)map of a world
Spanish mapamundi, mapa mundial
  • mapamundimap of a world
  • mapa mundialmap of a world
  • mapa de/del mundomap of a world
Swedish världskarta
  • världskartamap of a world
Tagalog mapa ng daigdig, mapa ng mundo
  • mapa ng daigdigmap of a world
  • mapa ng mundomap of a world
Turkish dünya haritası
  • dünya haritasımap of a world
Ukrainian ка́рта сві́ту
  • ка́рта сві́ту (kárta svítu)map of a world
Cite this entry
APA

world map. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/world%20map

MLA

“world map.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/world%20map. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “world map,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/world%20map.

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