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Definition: Terra Incognita |
Terra IncognitaNoun1. An unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Terra IncognitaSynonyms: unknown (n), unknown region (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ignorance | Sealed book, terra incognita, virgin soil, unexplored ground; dark ages. |
Secret | Problem; (question); paradox; (difficulty); unintelligibility; terra incognita; (ignorance). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Terra Incognita |
| Specialty definitions using "terra incognita": Kenna Quhair. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Terra incognita (1965) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
terra incognita | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "terra incognita"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | iç tarafları keşfedilmemiş kıta, bilinmeyen yer. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vùng đất đai chưa ai biết tới, lĩnh vực chưa khai thác. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-i-i-n-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: cointerring, incinerator, integration, interacting, interaction, orientating, ratiocinate, reattaining, recantation, retroacting. | |
-4 letters: acierating, antierotic, aragonitic, arctangent, catenating, catenation, contrarian, iatrogenic, incogitant, ingratiate, integrator, interorgan, intragenic, intreating, recitation, retracting, retraction, retraining. | |
-5 letters: agitation, antigenic, aragonite, arointing, arrogance, attaining, attorning, cantering, carnation, carnitine, carnotite, cartoning, cineraria, container, cornering, cotangent, cratering, crenation, criterion, geriatric, greatcoat, ignorance, incarnate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-g-i-i-n-n-o-r-r-t-t" | |
+3 letters: antiferromagnetic. | |
+5 letters: ultracentrifugation. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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