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TERRA INCOGNITA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does terra incognita mean?
• TERRA INCOGNITA (noun)
The noun TERRA INCOGNITA has 1 sense:
1. an unknown and unexplored region
Familiarity information: TERRA INCOGNITA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unknown and unexplored region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
terra incognita; unknown; unknown region
Context example:
they came like angels out the unknown
Hypernyms ("terra incognita" is a kind of...):
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
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