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terra

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈtɛɹə//

Earth, soil, land, or ground as a physical surface.

noun

  1. 1

    Earth, soil, land, or ground as a physical surface.

  2. 2

    archaicThe material world as opposed to the heavens.

  3. 3

    A continent or large landmass, especially on another planet or moon; e.g. Arabia Terra or Aphrodite Terra.

  4. 4

    A lunar highland or mountainous region with relatively high albedo; e.g. Terra Nivium.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terrabor. English terra Borrowed from Latin terra.

Forms

plural
terras, terrae, terræ
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).