edge of world
Where maps end
The edge of world is the imagined boundary where the earth ends—a concept from flat-earth cosmology where travelers might sail or walk off into the void.
Now used figuratively for any place that feels impossibly remote or like the limit of known territory: The village felt like the edge of world, hours from anywhere.
The phrase carries a sense of mystery, danger, or the threshold of the unknown.
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
- cliffVertical rock wall
- precipiceSteep rock face
- falling offDecreasing or detaching
void · the great beyond · boundary · frontier · ends of the earth · unknown · terra incognita · falls · flat earth · flat earthers · infinity · distant · brink · terminus · beyond · chasm · oblivion · sailing
- Alexander legendsBucephalus, Gordian knot, divine birth, water of life, flying machine
- Horizon Viewssunset, sunrise, ocean horizon, distant mountains, skyline
- Uncharted Placesterra incognita, uncharted waters, unexplored territory, blank spot, here be dragons
- phantom geographyphantom islands, Atlantis, Lemuria, Mu, terra incognita
- medieval mapsmapmaking, portolan charts, sea charts, nautical charts, compass rose
edge of worldcenter of the world
axis mundi · core · midpoint · heartland · interior
edge of worldJerusalem
Triply sacred ancient capital
Rome · Mecca · terra firma
edge of worldcivilization
Advanced organized human society
home · known world · hometown · here
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