Terra

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Terra is the Latin name for Earth.

Terra may also refer to:

Astronomy

• Terra (satellite), a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite
• Terrae, extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies
  • List of terrae on Mars
  • List of terrae on Venus
  • Terra, a highland on the Moon
• highland

Latin

• 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

Italian

• Terra pericolosa, dangerous land, for regions believed likely to put travelers in jeopardy

Fiction

• Battle for Terra, a 2007 science fiction animated movie originally screened as Terra
• Terra, in the Anime RahXephon
• 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).^[1]
• Terra, a 2012 Dystopian/apocalypse novel by Gretchen Powell, first in 'The Terrestrials' series.^[2]
• Terra Nostra (novel) (Our Earth), a 1975 historical novel on Hispanic history by the Mexican author Carlos Fuentes.

Characters

• Terra (comics), a fictional character from the DC Comics
• Terra Branford, a fictional character from Final Fantasy VI
• Terra (Kingdom Hearts), a fictional character from the video game franchise Kingdom Hearts
• Terra Ryzing, one of the names given to professional wrestler Triple H

Music

• Terra (Cronian album)
• Terra (Mariza album)
• Terra (Jenni Vartiainen album)
• Terra (group), a Japanese music group

Given name

• Gabriel Terra (1873–1942), Uruguayan president
• Han Terra (born 1981), Korean kayago player

Video games

• Terra (video game), 1996
• Terra, a fictional universe in Final Fantasy IX

Terra, the main character you play in Final Fantasy VI

Other uses

• Terra Film, German film company
• Terra (currency), proposed global currency
• Terra (butterfly), genus
• Terra-Gruppen, Norwegian savings banks
• Terra (mythology), primeval Roman goddess
• Terra: The Nature of Our World, video podcast
• Terra Networks, Internet company
• Terra preta ("black earth"), very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin
• TERRA (biology), TElomeric Repeat-containing RNA: RNA resulting from telomere transcription.

See also

• Tellus (disambiguation)
• Tera (disambiguation)
• Terran (disambiguation)
• Terra Nova (disambiguation)
• Terrain
• All pages beginning with "Terra"
• All pages with titles containing Terra

References