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- [ter-uh]
- /ˈtɛr ə/
- /ˈterə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ter-uh]
- /ˈtɛr ə/
Definitions of terra word
- noun terra earth; land. 1
- noun terra (in legal contexts) earth or land 0
- noun terra (the) earth 0
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Origin of terra
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1605-15
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Terra
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
terra popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
terra usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for terra
noun terra
- apple — An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh.
- apples — well or fine; under control.
- earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- earth mother — the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility and the source of all life.
- gaea — the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
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