No. 203 in Greek

κόσμος

"Κόσμος" means "world," "universe," or "order."

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Ο κόσμος είναι γεμάτος θαύματα.
The world is full of wonders.
Here, 'κόσμος' means 'world', referring to the planet or universe as a context.
Στην εκδήλωση υπήρχε πολύς κόσμος.
There were many people at the event.
In this sentence, 'κόσμος' is used to mean 'people' or 'crowd', referring to a group of attendees.
Η φιλοσοφία μελετά τον κόσμο των ιδεών.
Philosophy studies the world of ideas.
Here, 'κόσμος' refers to a 'realm' or 'domain', in this case, the abstract domain of ideas.

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