Latin dictionary · noun

terra

dry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth)

Dictionary forms: terra, terrae

Inflection: first declension

Meaning and definitions

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

Connected roots

• terr-

  earth, land

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• territory

  an area of land under the control of a ruler or state

• subterranean

  existing or occurring beneath the earth's surface

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