terra (plural terras or terrae)
(astrogeology) A rough upland or mountainous region of the Moon with a relatively high albedo.
• Arter, arter, rater, retar, tarre
Terra
(Roman god) The Roman earth goddess, equivalent in the interpretatio graeca to Gaea.
(astronomy) The planet Earth.
A female given name.
The usage of Terra as a name for the planet Earth is particularly common among English-language science fiction writers.
Terra had been the official name of Earth for many centuries in the scientific community due to the use of Latin as international science tongue.
• (goddess): Tellus, Gaea, Gaia
• (planet): Earth, Sol III
• Arter, arter, rater, retar, tarre
Source: Wiktionary
Ter"ra, n. Etym: [It. & L. See Terrace.]
Definition: The earth; earth. Terra alba Etym: [L., white earth] (Com.), a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.
– Terra cotta. Etym: [It., fr. terra earth + cotta, fem. of cotto cooked, L. coctus, p.p. of coquere to cook. See Cook, n.] Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like.
– Terræ filius Etym: [L., son of the earth], formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England.
– Terra firma Etym: [L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to water.
– Terra Japonica. Etym: [NL.] Same as Gambier. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan.
– Terra Lemnia Etym: [L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under Lemnian.
– Terra ponderosa Etym: [L., ponderous earth] (Min.), barite, or heavy spar.
– Terra di Sienna. See Sienna.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
