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terra

[ter-uh]

noun

  1. earth; land.



terra

/ ˈ³ÙÉ›°ùÉ™ /

noun

  1. (in legal contexts) earth or land

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

terra

  1. A rough highland or mountainous region of the moon with a relatively high albedo.

  2. Compare mare

  3. A vast highland region on a planet.

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of terra1

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1605–15
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of terra1

from Latin
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"His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, the power of transformative action," said a statement from his Instituto Terra.

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Through the Instituto Terra, his environmental non-profit, Salgado and his wife Lélia also restored his barren former family farm in Brazil to thriving rainforest.

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A Los Angeles City Fire Department engine was responding to a call and driving southbound on San Fernando Road around 10:45 a.m. when a Toyota Corolla made a left-hand turn from Terra Bella Street in front of the fire truck, said Sgt.

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We’re talking serious exotics with a range of flavors from smoky to sweet and evocative names like Thorburn’s Terra Cotta, Cherokee Purple, Evil Olive Cherry and Brandywine Pink.

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Thousands of years ago, the region’s Indigenous peoples solved this problem by creating “terra preta†from table scraps and charcoal and tucking it away in the hostile soil.

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