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terra
[ter-uh]
noun
earth; land.
terra
/ ˈ³ÙÉ›°ùÉ™ /
noun
(in legal contexts) earth or land
terra
A rough highland or mountainous region of the moon with a relatively high albedo.
Compare mare
A vast highland region on a planet.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of terra1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of terra1
Example Sentences
"His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, the power of transformative action," said a statement from his Instituto Terra.
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.
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.
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.
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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