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'''World''' usually means a [[planet]]. When people say "the world" they usually mean the planet [[Earth]]. [[Human]]s and animals live in the world. The Earth is the only [[planet]] that we know of that has life.
Before people discovered that Earth is a planet, they often used "World" to mean "[[Universe]]". They still sometimes use it to mean all humans or all [[civilization]].
== Other pages ==
* [[Universe]]
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[[Category:Geography]]
{{wiktionary}}
'''World''' usually means a [[planet]]. When people say "the world" they usually mean the planet [[Earth]]. [[Human]]s and animals live in the world. The Earth is the only [[planet]] that we know of that has life.
Before people discovered that Earth is a planet, they often used "World" to mean "[[Universe]]". They still sometimes use it to mean all humans or all [[civilization]].
== Other pages ==
* [[Universe]]
{{commonscat}}
{{geo-stub}}
[[Category:Geography]]