terra
terra Latin, = ‘land’.
terra firma dry land; the ground as distinct from the sea or air. Recorded from the early 17th century, the phrase denoted originally the territories on the Italian mainland which were subject to the state of Venice.
terra incognita unknown or unexplored territory; the term is first recorded in John Smith's Description of New England (1616), in a reference to the supposed southern continent (Australia).
terra firma dry land; the ground as distinct from the sea or air. Recorded from the early 17th century, the phrase denoted originally the territories on the Italian mainland which were subject to the state of Venice.
terra incognita unknown or unexplored territory; the term is first recorded in John Smith's Description of New England (1616), in a reference to the supposed southern continent (Australia).
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