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Definition of Terra incognita
1. Noun. An unknown and unexplored region. "They came like angels out the unknown"
Definition of Terra incognita
1. Noun. Land that has never been explored or mapped; uncharted territory. ¹
2. Noun. By extension, ideas or concepts that have not yet been tried or explored. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terra Incognita
Literary usage of Terra incognita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... settled portion of it is separated a thousand miles from the frontier or border
of any nation, and was at that time almost a terra incognita to the rest ..."
2. History of the Northwest Coast by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak (1886)
"CONFIGURATION, SOIL, AND CLIMATE— RELATIONS WITH CHINA — A terra incognita —
ENGLAND TO INDIA, BY WAY OF THE COLUMBIA HIVER — IRRECONCILABLE OPINIONS ..."
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