world-famous

[ wurld-fey-muh s ]

/ ˈwɜrldˈfeɪ məs /

famous throughout the world: a world-famous film.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1830–40

Prime real estate on the Mall, a world-famous architect—what could go wrong?
The Strange Fight Over the Eisenhower Memorial|Eleanor Clift|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That clearly was not cause for concern for her or her world-famous mother today.
Hillary Clinton Achieves Her Other Dream: Grandma|Keli Goff|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eileen Rockefeller is the first woman in her family to write a memoir about her world-famous clan.
The Reluctant Rockefeller Speaks Out|Sandra McElwaine|September 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The gems belonged to Chopard, the world-famous Swiss jeweler.
The Cannes Jewelry Heist: Who Did It?|Dana Kennedy|May 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The other is the son of a Missouri judge and a world-famous radio broadcaster.
11 Ways Rappers Are Just Like Right-Wing Radio Hosts|Kevin Fallon|March 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Also Nûr Jehan is said to have invented the now world-famous perfume, attar of roses.
Stories about Famous Precious Stones|Mrs Goddard Orpen
So that world-famous tragedy goes on by night as well as by day, and nature is emphatically wrong.
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume VI, Familiar Letters|Henry David Thoreau
Pigafetta describes this now world-famous fruit in a manner which shows that he considered it a most wonderful novelty.
Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries|Edward Rowland
Its bleak, rocky shores were world-famous for their danger, and few mariners cared to venture around them.
The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls|Jacqueline M. Overton
It sews a nest so like that of the world-famous tailor as to be almost indistinguishable from it.
Birds of the Plains|Douglas Dewar