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Terra
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Terra may often refer to:
- Terra (mythology), primeval Roman goddess
- An alternate name for planet Earth, as well as the Latin name for the planet
Terra may also refer to:
Geography edit
Astronomy edit
- Terra (satellite), a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite
- Terrae, extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies
- Terrestrial (disambiguation), things related to land or the planet Earth
Latin and other edit
- 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 preta ("black earth"), very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin
Places edit
- Terra, Cyprus, a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus
- Terra Alta, West Virginia, a former coal town in Preston County
Nature edit
- Terra (butterfly), genus
- TERRA (biology), TElomeric Repeat-containing RNA: RNA resulting from telomere transcription
People edit
Given name edit
- 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 Jolé, reality television personality
- Terra Lawson-Remer, American politician, economist, and professor
- Terra Lightfoot, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
- Terra Naomi (born 1974), American musician and singer-songwriter
- Terra Wellington, American actress
- Han Terra (born 1981), Korean musician and inventor
Other edit
- Gabriel Terra (1873–1942), Uruguayan president
- Terra Ryzing, one of the names given to professional wrestler Triple H
Fictional characters edit
- Terra, a playable Goddess in Smite as a Roman Guardian
- Terra Branford, a female character from Final Fantasy VI
- Terra (Kingdom Hearts), a male character from the video game franchise Kingdom Hearts
- Terra (character), a name used by three characters in DC Comics
- Terra, a character from the video game Mega Man V
Books edit
- Terra (German science fiction), a science fiction series published by Arthur Moewig Verlag, Munich
- The Terra Trilogy, a series of Young Adult SF novels by Mitch Benn, consisting of Terra (2013), Terra's World (2014) and Terra's War (2021)
- Terra Nostra (novel) (Our Earth), a 1975 historical novel on Hispanic history by Mexican author Carlos Fuentes
Film and TV edit
- Terra Film, German film company
- La Terra (film), 2006 Italian film
- Battle for Terra, a 2007 science fiction animated movie originally screened as Terra
- Terra, in the anime RahXephon
Games edit
- Terra (video game), 1996
- Terra, a fictional universe in Final Fantasy IX
- Holy Terra, the name for Earth, as the capital of the Imperium of Man, in the table top strategy and RPG game Warhammer 40,000.
- Terra, a fictional planet in Crash Nitro Kart (2003)
Music edit
- Terra (band), a Japanese band
- Terra (Cronian album)
- Terra (Mariza album)
- Terra (Jenni Vartiainen album)
- Terra, an album by Laura Macrì
- TeRra (Live), an album by TeRra Han
- La Terra (album), by Aktuala
Business and brands edit
- Terra (proposed currency), proposed global currency
- Terra (blockchain), a blockchain on which the TerraUSD and Luna cryptocurrencies are built
- Terra Chips, a food brand owned by Hain Celestial Group
- Terra-Gruppen, Norwegian savings banks
- Terra (company), Spanish multinational media and internet company
- Nissan Terra, a sport utility vehicle manufactured by Nissan Motor Corporation