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🗺️ World map
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🗺️ Emoji meaning
Off to see the world! Map, navigation, directions, route planning, travel.
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🗺️ Meaning
The “blue planet“ Earth. A world map depicts the entire earth's surface. The main function of maps is orientation. Someone wants to go on a world tour or has already traveled all countries.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
World map vs compass; both navigation or travel tools used when talking about directions.
World map vs snow-capped mountain; both used in hiking/travel contexts, map vs destination nuance is minor.
World map vs round pushpin; both symbolize locations on maps.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “World map” was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and added to Emoji 0.7 .
In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.
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- world map
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ world map
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ map + world
