First World

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Proper noun

First World

1. (historical, politics) Those countries aligned with the West during the Cold War.

   Holonyms: world, World

   Meronym: Western Bloc

   Comeronyms: Second World, Third World

   Near-synonym: free world

2. (informal) Wealthy, developed nations.

   Holonyms: world, World

   Comeronyms: Second World, Third World; Global South; developing countries

   Near-synonyms: Global North, developed countries

   first-world problems

3. (Hopi, religion) Synonym of Tokpela.

Usage notes

• The entire concept of ranking nation in this manner is deprecated except in its historical senses; see Third World § Usage notes.

Derived terms

• First-Worldish

Translations

countries aligned with the West during the Cold War

Arabic: الْعَالَم الْأَوَّل m (al-ʕālam al-ʔawwal) (definite) Belarusian: пе́ршы свет m (pjéršy svjet), пе́ршы сьвет m (pjéršy sʹvjet) Bulgarian: пъ́рви свят m (pǎ́rvi svjat), пъ́рвият свят m (pǎ́rvijat svjat) (definite) Chinese: Mandarin: 第一世界 (dìyī shìjiè) Czech: první svět m Danish: første verden c, vesten Dutch: eerste wereld (nl) m or f Finnish: ensimmäinen maailma French: premier monde (fr) m Georgian: პირველი სამყარო (ṗirveli samq̇aro) German: Erste Welt f Japanese: 第一世界 (ja) (だいいちせかい, daiichisekai) Korean: 제1세계(第一世界) (je1segye), 제일세계(第一世界) (jeilsegye) Macedonian: првиот свет m (prviot svet) (definite) Persian: Iranian Persian: جَهانِ اَوَّل (jahân-e avval) Polish: pierwszy świat m Portuguese: primeiro mundo (pt) m Russian: пе́рвый мир m (pérvyj mir) Slovak: prvý svet m Spanish: primer mundo m Swedish: i-land (sv) n, väst (sv), västvärlden (sv) c, västländerna pl Tajik: ҷаҳони аввал (jahon-i avval) Thai: โลกที่หนึ่ง Ukrainian: пе́рший світ m (péršyj svit) Vietnamese: Thế giới thứ nhất

wealthy, developed nations

Arabic: الْعَالَم الْأَوَّل m (al-ʕālam al-ʔawwal) (definite) Belarusian: пе́ршы свет m (pjéršy svjet), пе́ршы сьвет m (pjéršy sʹvjet) Bulgarian: пъ́рви свят m (pǎ́rvi svjat), пъ́рвият свят m (pǎ́rvijat svjat) (definite) Chinese: Mandarin: 第一世界 (dìyī shìjiè) Czech: první svět m Danish: iland n Finnish: ensimmäinen maailma French: pays développés (fr) m pl, premier monde (fr) m Georgian: პირველი სამყარო (ṗirveli samq̇aro) German: Erste Welt f Japanese: 第一世界 (ja) (だいいちせかい, daiichisekai) Korean: 제1세계(第一世界) (je1segye), 제일세계(第一世界) (jeilsegye) Macedonian: првиот свет m (prviot svet) (definite) Persian: Iranian Persian: جَهانِ اَوَّل (jahân-e avval) Polish: pierwszy świat m Portuguese: primeiro mundo (pt) m Russian: пе́рвый мир m (pérvyj mir) Slovak: prvý svet m Spanish: primer mundo m Swedish: första världen Tajik: ҷаҳони аввал (jahon-i avval) Ukrainian: пе́рший світ m (péršyj svit) Vietnamese: Thế giới thứ nhất

See also

• Fourth World
• Second World
• Third World