mappa mundi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa mundī.

Noun

mappa mundi (plural mappae mundi)

1. A medieval European map of the world.

   Synonym: mappemond

   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 377:

     Even the best maps and projections of our future are likely to prove little more accurate than a medieval mappa mundi.