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Terra Incognita

Definition: Terra Incognita

Terra Incognita

Noun

1. 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 Incognita

Synonyms: unknown (n), unknown region (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Terra Incognita

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Terra Incognita

Specialty definitions using "terra incognita": Kenna Quhair. (references)

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Modern Usage: Terra Incognita

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Terra incognita (1965)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Terra Incognita

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Terra Incognita

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

terra incognita

11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Terra Incognita

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.

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Anagrams: Terra Incognita

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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