world-renowned

English

Etymology

Compound of world +‎ renowned.

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Adjective

world-renowned (not comparable)

  1. Of worldwide renown; known and respected internationally.
    Synonym: world-famous
    • 2013 July 10, Daniel Prendergast, “‘You don’t have the cojones’: 54-year-old woman fronts up to would-be muggers who pointed gun at her chest”, in New York Post‎[1], archived from the original on 2 August 2016:
      The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday.

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