World Cup
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noun world cups
- Alternative letter-case form of World Cup, an international tournament establishing a world champion; the trophy awarded to the winner.World Cup The Golden Bear ruggers, co-holders of the world cup following their invasion of Canada during the holidays with a combined California-Stanford team, will present seven of the ten players who made the northern trip.
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Where it comes from
A calque of French Coupe du Monde (1930), originally a nickname for FIFA's Victory or Jules Rimet Trophy and the official name of the award since 1974.
noun World Cups
- The FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international competition of national teams in men's association football and the trophy awarded to the winning team. Newark: LNER temporarily changed the name of Northgate station to Newark Southgate, to honour England's World Cup manager Gareth Southgate.
- Various similar competitions and trophies in other sports. Women's World Cup; Rugby World Cup; Baseball World Cup
- The trophy awarded to the winner of such an event.
