terra

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) dry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth)
2. (declension-1, feminine) ground, floor (the surface of the land)
3. (declension-1, feminine) earth, soil, dirt, clay, clod (the substance generally composing the dry land)
4. (declension-1, feminine) land, country, region, territory (any given area of dry land)
5. (declension-1, feminine) earth (the entire surface of planet Earth; dry land and sea together, as opposed to the heavens)
6. (declension-1, feminine) the Earth, the globe, the world (as a celestial object)

Concepts

earth

land

ground

country

soil

Earth

district

territory

nation

periphery

planet

precinct

province

region

relief

relievo

rilievo

shore

state

Terra

terrestrial globe

ambit

earth globe

area

continent

embossment

floor

homeland

landmass

mainland

mud

Synonyms

orbis

⭕

regio

humus

patria

ager

terra firma

fines finium

orbis terrarum

tellus

tellūs

fīnēs

topia

ora

pagus

plaga

solum

Translations

terre

terra

Land

Erde

tierra

terra

aarde

terra

pays

land

Grund

paese

país

país

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtɛr.ra]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *terzā, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂, from *ters- (“dry”).
Cognate with torreō, Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Old Irish tír, Sanskrit तृषा (tṛ́ṣā), Old English þurst (English thirst). Compare the semantics of Ancient Greek χέρσος (khérsos).