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of the world

Meaning

of the world

Used following one or more plurals of proper nouns to indicate a general category relating to those mentioned.
The YouTubes of the world – Online streaming platforms similar to YouTube

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Socrates

The great events of the world take place in the brain... Oscar Wilde

Asked where he came from, he said, "I am a citizen of the world." Diogenes of Sinope

To the patient man will come all the riches of the world. Liberia Proverb

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world almost as much as the one who is ready to die. Italian Proverb

Hope is the pillar of the world. Kanuri Proverb

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