Synonyms for terra incognita

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

Example sentences :

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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