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Terra is the Latin name for Earth.
Terra may also refer to:
- Terra (mythology), primeval Roman goddess
Geography
Astronomy
- An alternate name for Planet Earth, as well as the Latin name for the planet.
- Terra (satellite), a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite
- Terrae, extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies
Latin and other
- Terra Australis (southern land), hypothetical continent appearing on maps from the 15th to the 18th century
- Terra incognita, unknown land, for regions that have not been mapped or documented
- Terra nullius, land belonging to no one, nobody's land, empty or desolate land
- Terra pericolosa, dangerous land, for regions believed likely to put travelers in jeopardy
- Terra preta ("black earth"), very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin
Nature
- Terra (butterfly), genus
- TERRA (biology), TElomeric Repeat-containing RNA: RNA resulting from telomere transcription.
People
Given name
- Terra Deva, American actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, and former Mickey Mouse Club member
- Terra Findlay (born 1990), Canadian ice dancer
- Terra Hazelton, Canadian broadcaster, jazz musician, and actress
- Terra Lightfoot, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
- Terra Naomi (born 1974), indie-folk singer-songwriter
- Terra Trevor, American writer of mixed Native American and German ancestry
- Terra Wellington, American actress
Surname
- Gabriel Terra (1873–1942), Uruguayan president
- Han Terra (born 1981), Korean kayago player
Other
- Terra Ryzing, one of the names given to professional wrestler Triple H
Fictional characters
- Terra, a playable Goddess in Smite (video game) as a Roman Guardian
- Terra Branford, a female character from Final Fantasy VI
- Terra, a male character from the video game franchise, Kingdom Hearts
- Terra, a name used by three characters in DC Comics
Places
- Terra, Cyprus, a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus
- Terra Alta, West Virginia, a former coal town in Preston County
Books
- Terra (Hainish cycle), another name for Earth in Ursula K. Le Guin's writings
- Terra (German science fiction), a science fiction series published by Arthur Moewig Verlag, Munich
- Terra, a 2013 SF novel by Mitch Benn, and its sequel Terra's World (2014)
- Terra Nostra (novel) (Our Earth), a 1975 historical novel on Hispanic history by Mexican author Carlos Fuentes
- Terra (comics), a fictional character from DC Comics
Film and TV
- Terra Film, German film company
- Terra: The Nature of Our World, video podcast
- La Terra (film), 2006 Italian film
- Terra (2015 film), a 2015 French nature documentary voiced by Vanessa Paradis
- Battle for Terra, a 2007 science fiction animated movie originally screened as Terra
- Terra, in the Anime RahXephon
Games
- Terra (video game), 1996
- Terra, a fictional universe in Final Fantasy IX
- Holy Terra, the name for Earth, as the capital of the Empire of Man, in the table top strategy and RPG game Warhammer 40,000.
Music
- Terra (band), a Japanese band
- Terra (Cronian album)
- Terra (Mariza album)
- Terra (Jenni Vartiainen album)
- Terra (Laura Macrì album)
- La Terra (album), Aktuala
Business and brands
- Terra (currency), proposed global currency
- Terra Chips, a food brand owned by Hain Celestial Group
- Terra-Gruppen, Norwegian savings banks
- Terra Networks, Internet company
See also
- Tellus (disambiguation)
- Tera (disambiguation)
- Terran (disambiguation)
- Terra Nova (disambiguation)
- Terrain
- All pages beginning with Terra
- All pages with a title containing Terra
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