The planet we live on
Among the many references that we could give of the word world, The most used and popular is the one that says that the world is the name given to the planet earth in which we human beings live, from a human point of view of course.
We repeatedly use it to account for the human universal sum or the human condition in general. Currently the world that humans inhabit is made up of approximately 6.5 billion people and consists of six continents: Europe, Asia, America, Oceania, Antarctica and Africa. Obviously, the possibility of the existence of other worlds in addition to the one mentioned, and that they have their own and very different from our forms of life, is not ruled out.
Synonym of universe
Meanwhile, in a less strict and more general sense, the term world is often used as a synonymous with universe, referring then to everything that exists in our galaxy and outside it as well.
The world map is the element, the tool with which it can be represented cartographically and thus be able to reproduce the real extensions of the earth and the waters of the world, on reduced scales, of course, but that in definite accounts keep a total fidelity with reality.
On the other hand, the term is used to refer to the totality of the existent, the universe, the humanity, the planet earth. Although it also happens to be used for refer to a more concrete and specific human universe, for example, the Christian world, the Roman world, among others.
Religion: everything created by God
Also, for religion, the term has an important, concrete and recurring use, since the world, for Christians is the set of all those things that have been opportunely created by God; "God created the world in just seven days."
Regarding this question of the creation of the world by God, as Christians maintain, or by another giant creative action, there have been countless analyzes and conjectures throughout history, which of course has led to the issue being addressed. from the most different visions.
And of course, science could not stay out of such an analysis and so it is that through investigations that gave forceful results they overthrew the proposal of the Christian faith and went to something more earthly, arguing that the world is the result of an explosion that It came to be known as the Big Bang.
Eternal world, where the dead go
On the other hand, when someone refers to this world we know that they are talking about the world that humans inhabit, but they are also making a differentiation with respect to another supposed world that many talk about, which is the eternal world , to which, many religions promise that you will leave when you die.
Discovery of America: New and Old World
Likewise, we can find the expressions new world and old world which are used to refer, at the request of the discovery of America in the 15th century by the navigator Christopher Columbus, to America and Spain, respectively.
Unique characteristic or quality of something
On the other hand, the concept is used to encompass the species that inhabit our planet and that each has unique and characteristic features, such is the case of the animal world and the plant world.
Continuing on this plane we find that the word world is used to refer to that part of human society that is characterized by some quality or some circumstance that they share. "The customs in the Eastern world are very different from those of the Western world." "Development will only be possible in a civilized world." "The Latin world is so dispersed throughout the planet that it has scattered its customs everywhere."
Synonym of environment
Another recurring use of the word is as a synonym for environment, that is, we use it frequently to refer to the context or environment in which a certain person or animal or plant species develops and lives. "The environment must have some special conditions for the plant to survive." "In the soccer environment there is a lot of competition."
A world of people
And there is a popular, frequently used expression that includes the concept, a world of people and that we use it when we want to refer that there are a large number of people agglomerated somewhere. "The bank was a people's world, I left without paying."
