Old World

See also: old-world

English

the Old World

The Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe, Africa and Asia.
The known world before the discovery of the Americas.
- 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
  Over the mind of the tourist, visiting the Old World for the first time,—countries where have transpired thrilling events recorded in history, what an immensity of thought and feeling sweeps!
- 2021-2022 Winter, Poplar III, James R., “America: The Great Experiment in Human Governance”, in SAR Magazine, volume 116, number 3, Louisville, KY: Sons of the American Revolution, ISSN 0161-0511, OCLC 1766001, page 19, column 1:
  When our Founding Fathers broke with the old world, America indeed was an experiment, and history has shown that such experiments were tried on few occasions but previously failed.

The Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe, Africa and Asia

Arabic: اَلْعَالَم اَلْقَدِيم‎ (al-ʿālam al-qadīm)
Bengali: কদিম জাহান (kôdim jahan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 舊大陸／旧大陆 (zh) (Jiù Dàlù), 舊世界／旧世界 (Jiù Shìjiè)
Czech: Starý svět m
Finnish: Vanha Maailma
French: Ancien Monde (fr) m, Vieux Monde m
Galician: Vello Mundo m
Georgian: ძველი სამყარო (ʒveli samq̇aro), ძველი მსოფლიო (ʒveli msoplio)
German: Alte Welt (de) f
Greek: Παλαιός Κόσμος (el) m (Palaiós Kósmos)
Indonesian: Dunia Lama
Italian: Vecchio mondo m
Japanese: 旧世界 (きゅうせかい, Kyūsekai)
Korean: 구세계(舊世界) (ko) (Gusegye)
Malay: Dunia Lama
Polish: Stary Świat (pl) m
Portuguese: Velho Mundo (pt) m
Russian: Ста́рый Свет (ru) m (Stáryj Svet)
Spanish: Viejo Continente m, Antiguo Continente m, Mundo Antiguo m, Viejo Mundo m
Vietnamese: Cựu Thế giới (舊世界)