terra

UK /ˈtɛɹə/ US /ˈtɛɹə/

noun 4name 3

Definitions

noun

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

The material world as opposed to the heavens.

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

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

name

The Roman earth goddess, equivalent in the interpretatio graeca to Gaea.

The planet Earth.

A female given name.

ADJ.

all, enormous, environmental, improved, outside, over, over

VERB + TERRA

back, declared, engineering, includes, land, plants, rearing, splintered

TERRA + NOUN

cotta, doctor, firma, incognita, it's, kanda, planet, pot

PREP.

after, from, in, in, on

Continental land, as distinguished from islands.

Near-synonym: mainland

By 2100, a base on the moon became firmly established, whilst the economy on Terra improved.

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Bioremediation and environmental engineering of Terra saved that planet from pollution and desertification.

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Soon enough, there were only three enormous countries on Terra.

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Soon enough, countries splintered all over Terra to create over a thousand small countries.

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It took generations to iron out all the problems of human pregnancy and child rearing outside of Terra.

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Taking risks may land you on terra incognita and make you long to plant your feet back on terra firma.

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In some senses, terra is marked as literary, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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