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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ter-uh in-kog-ni-tuh, in-kog-nee-; Latin ter-rah in-kawg-ni-tah |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛr ə ɪnˈkɒg nɪ tə, ˌɪn kɒgˈni-; Latin ˈtɛr rɑ ɪnˈkɔg nɪ tɑ |
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Définition of terra incognita
Origin :- "unknown or unexplored region," 1610s, Latin, literally "unknown land," from terra (see terrain) + fem. of incognito.
- As in backwoods : noun forests; land distant from settled area
- The cañon was at that time a terra incognita to these cattlemen of the Panhandle.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- The country we now plunged into, as may be guessed, was a terra incognita to me.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- This part of the Villa Camellia was terra incognita to the school.
- Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
- It was terra incognita to me; I had never entered these rooms before.
- Extract from : « Rutledge » by Miriam Coles Harris
- With this account of it as a terra incognita, the explorers ceased to advance.
- Extract from : « The Lily and the Totem » by William Gilmore Simms
- In my first paper I said that these hills were a terra incognita to the tourist.
- Extract from : « Fragments of Earth Lore » by James Geikie
- The interior of Sardinia has been hitherto a kind of "terra incognita."
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66, No 405, July 1849 » by Various
- Into what remote corners or into what terra incognita might she not wander!
- Extract from : « The Galaxy » by Various
- One can only speak vaguely of detail, as this is still a terra incognita.
- Extract from : « Equatorial America » by Maturin M. Ballou
- There is the same fear of the terra incognita in literature that there is in nature.
- Extract from : « The Way of the Gods » by John Luther Long
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