Historical
- The "Orbis Terrarum", a map of the world created by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in 20 A.D.
- Orbis, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality of the Kirchheimbolanden district (Verbandsgemeinde) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Orbis Pictus, a 1658 children's book by Czech educator Jan Ámos Komenský
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