"global village" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: global villages [plural]
Etymology: Coined by Marshall McLuhan in 1962. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Marshall McLuhan|in=1962}} Coined by Marshall McLuhan in 1962 Head templates: {{en-noun}} global village (plural global villages)
  1. The world as a single community of interdependent inhabitants who are interconnected by contemporary technology, especially television and the World Wide Web. Translations (world as single community): 地球村 (dìqiúcūn) (Chinese Mandarin), 世界村 (shìjiècūn) (Chinese Mandarin), mondiaal dorp [neuter] (Dutch), maailmankylä (Finnish), village global [masculine] (French), globales Dorf [neuter] (German), παγκόσμιο χωριό (pagkósmio chorió) [neuter] (Greek), globalna wioska [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-global_village-en-noun-r0GBy9Yg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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