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English word globe comes from Latin globus (A glob, group. Any round object; a sphere; a globe.)

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globus (Latin)

A glob, group. Any round object; a sphere; a globe.

globe (Old French)

globe (English)

(dated, or, Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.. (slang, chiefly plural) A woman's breasts.. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.. A spherical model of Earth or any planet.. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.. The planet Earth. To become spherical.

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