Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Roman)The Roman earth goddess, equivalent in the interpretatio graeca to Gaea.

  2. The planet Earth.

  3. A female given name.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. I planted some onions in the terra cotta pot.

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  2. Carl was happy to be back on terra firma after the boating trip.

    deKarl war nach der Bootsfahrt froh, wieder festen Boden unter den Füßen zu haben.

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

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

    ruВскоре на Земле остались лишь три огромные страны.

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

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Latin Terra (“goddess of the earth; the land itself”).

From Latin Terra (“goddess of the earth; the land itself”).

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
goddess:TellusGaiaGaea

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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