Definition of terra incognita in English:

terra incognita

noun ɪnˈkɒɡnɪtəˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtə

mass noun

Unknown or unexplored territory.
the traveller is moving now through terra incognita
figurative one actor's familiar world is another's terra incognita
Example sentencesExamples
- At this stage, however, we are still largely treading on terra incognita.
- If the anomaly is an indication of new physics, finding its origin might change our understanding of the laws of nature at a very basic level and turn our cosmic backyard into the new terra incognita.
- When Scott and his men walked out onto the ice, they stepped onto terra incognita; it was a place so remote and challenging that in the 18th century Captain Cook had declared no man would ever cross it.
- We were setting out into terra incognita, marked only by blank spaces on the maps, drawn by the magnet of our ambition as explorers.
- Since the end of the 19th century, however, little research has been undertaken, and Portugal's haphazard vineyards have remained terra incognita, not just to outsiders but to the vine-growers themselves.
- Even for many classical music lovers, music from before the time of Johann Sebastian Bach is terra incognita; there's so much of it, and where does one start?
- That's one way to look at it, because Nevada is terra incognita, a place where a person with four-wheel drive and sturdy boots can actually explore, seeing and doing things that have never been seen or done before.
- The pleasure of this book for me, in addition to such stimulating detail, is that the Holy Roman Empire on the cusp of the 17th century is terra incognita, to be approached with a fresh eye.
- When he reached the Nuyts archipelago, named for the seventeenth-century Dutch navigator who had travelled that far but then turned south, and near the present-day town of Ceduna, Flinders was entering terra incognita.
- The reality is, we don't really know with any certainty - we are in terra incognita, and we're really not sure what the rules are.
- When Thomas Jefferson sent young Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery to survey the lands beyond the Mississippi, the West was terra incognita.
- Compared with rovers hobbling over all kinds of terra incognita, unmanned flying machines could peruse much more of a planet and do it faster, say Colozza and other proponents of flying robots.
- Giles was the last European to explore vast regions of unmapped desert in Central Australia, what the nineteenth century referred to as terra incognita.
- The last sentence, evoking the work's unprotected fall into ‘public domain,’ asserts that outside the walls of copyright lies only terra incognita.
- The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland were terra incognita to almost all Englishmen, and most Lowland Scots.
- My search for tramps has taken a side trip into terra incognita.
- Hence, large tracts of the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides are practically terra incognita with respect to late- to post-orogenic structural development.
- Humans have been crossing deserts by camel for millennia, sailing seas for a thousand years, climbing mountains for a hundred - the sky is the last great terra incognita for adventurers.
- Even though she had a high school diploma in economics she did not have much confidence about doing the job because it was terra incognita for her.
- She sees prospects for growth in the ties between the two countries, but at the same acknowledges that for many Dutch business people, Bulgaria is still terra incognita.

Origin

Latin, 'unknown land'.

Rhymes

Akita, Anita, arboreta, beater, beta, Bhagavadgita, cheater, cheetah, Demeter, Dieter, dolce vita, eater, eta, Evita, excreta, fetor, granita, greeter, heater, Juanita, litre (US liter), Lolita, maltreater, margarita, meter, metre, Peta, praetor (US pretor), repeater, Rita, saltpetre (US saltpeter), secretor, Senhorita, señorita, Sita, skeeter, teeter, theta, treater, tweeter, ureter, veleta, zeta

Definition of terra incognita in US English:

terra incognita

noun

Unknown or unexplored territory.
the traveler is moving now through terra incognita
figurative one actor's familiar world is another's terra incognita
Example sentencesExamples
- If the anomaly is an indication of new physics, finding its origin might change our understanding of the laws of nature at a very basic level and turn our cosmic backyard into the new terra incognita.
- When he reached the Nuyts archipelago, named for the seventeenth-century Dutch navigator who had travelled that far but then turned south, and near the present-day town of Ceduna, Flinders was entering terra incognita.
- Since the end of the 19th century, however, little research has been undertaken, and Portugal's haphazard vineyards have remained terra incognita, not just to outsiders but to the vine-growers themselves.
- When Scott and his men walked out onto the ice, they stepped onto terra incognita; it was a place so remote and challenging that in the 18th century Captain Cook had declared no man would ever cross it.
- She sees prospects for growth in the ties between the two countries, but at the same acknowledges that for many Dutch business people, Bulgaria is still terra incognita.
- Even for many classical music lovers, music from before the time of Johann Sebastian Bach is terra incognita; there's so much of it, and where does one start?
- Giles was the last European to explore vast regions of unmapped desert in Central Australia, what the nineteenth century referred to as terra incognita.
- The last sentence, evoking the work's unprotected fall into ‘public domain,’ asserts that outside the walls of copyright lies only terra incognita.
- We were setting out into terra incognita, marked only by blank spaces on the maps, drawn by the magnet of our ambition as explorers.
- When Thomas Jefferson sent young Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery to survey the lands beyond the Mississippi, the West was terra incognita.
- My search for tramps has taken a side trip into terra incognita.
- At this stage, however, we are still largely treading on terra incognita.
- The reality is, we don't really know with any certainty - we are in terra incognita, and we're really not sure what the rules are.
- Even though she had a high school diploma in economics she did not have much confidence about doing the job because it was terra incognita for her.
- Compared with rovers hobbling over all kinds of terra incognita, unmanned flying machines could peruse much more of a planet and do it faster, say Colozza and other proponents of flying robots.
- Humans have been crossing deserts by camel for millennia, sailing seas for a thousand years, climbing mountains for a hundred - the sky is the last great terra incognita for adventurers.
- The pleasure of this book for me, in addition to such stimulating detail, is that the Holy Roman Empire on the cusp of the 17th century is terra incognita, to be approached with a fresh eye.
- That's one way to look at it, because Nevada is terra incognita, a place where a person with four-wheel drive and sturdy boots can actually explore, seeing and doing things that have never been seen or done before.
- The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland were terra incognita to almost all Englishmen, and most Lowland Scots.
- Hence, large tracts of the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides are practically terra incognita with respect to late- to post-orogenic structural development.

Origin

Latin, ‘unknown land’.

单词	terra incognita
释义	Definition of terra incognita in English: terra incognita noun ɪnˈkɒɡnɪtəˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtə mass noun Unknown or unexplored territory. the traveller is moving now through terra incognita figurative one actor's familiar world is another's terra incognita Example sentencesExamples At this stage, however, we are still largely treading on terra incognita. If the anomaly is an indication of new physics, finding its origin might change our understanding of the laws of nature at a very basic level and turn our cosmic backyard into the new terra incognita. When Scott and his men walked out onto the ice, they stepped onto terra incognita; it was a place so remote and challenging that in the 18th century Captain Cook had declared no man would ever cross it. We were setting out into terra incognita, marked only by blank spaces on the maps, drawn by the magnet of our ambition as explorers. Since the end of the 19th century, however, little research has been undertaken, and Portugal's haphazard vineyards have remained terra incognita, not just to outsiders but to the vine-growers themselves. Even for many classical music lovers, music from before the time of Johann Sebastian Bach is terra incognita; there's so much of it, and where does one start? That's one way to look at it, because Nevada is terra incognita, a place where a person with four-wheel drive and sturdy boots can actually explore, seeing and doing things that have never been seen or done before. The pleasure of this book for me, in addition to such stimulating detail, is that the Holy Roman Empire on the cusp of the 17th century is terra incognita, to be approached with a fresh eye. When he reached the Nuyts archipelago, named for the seventeenth-century Dutch navigator who had travelled that far but then turned south, and near the present-day town of Ceduna, Flinders was entering terra incognita. The reality is, we don't really know with any certainty - we are in terra incognita, and we're really not sure what the rules are. When Thomas Jefferson sent young Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery to survey the lands beyond the Mississippi, the West was terra incognita. Compared with rovers hobbling over all kinds of terra incognita, unmanned flying machines could peruse much more of a planet and do it faster, say Colozza and other proponents of flying robots. Giles was the last European to explore vast regions of unmapped desert in Central Australia, what the nineteenth century referred to as terra incognita. The last sentence, evoking the work's unprotected fall into ‘public domain,’ asserts that outside the walls of copyright lies only terra incognita. The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland were terra incognita to almost all Englishmen, and most Lowland Scots. My search for tramps has taken a side trip into terra incognita. Hence, large tracts of the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides are practically terra incognita with respect to late- to post-orogenic structural development. Humans have been crossing deserts by camel for millennia, sailing seas for a thousand years, climbing mountains for a hundred - the sky is the last great terra incognita for adventurers. Even though she had a high school diploma in economics she did not have much confidence about doing the job because it was terra incognita for her. She sees prospects for growth in the ties between the two countries, but at the same acknowledges that for many Dutch business people, Bulgaria is still terra incognita. Origin Latin, 'unknown land'. Rhymes Akita, Anita, arboreta, beater, beta, Bhagavadgita, cheater, cheetah, Demeter, Dieter, dolce vita, eater, eta, Evita, excreta, fetor, granita, greeter, heater, Juanita, litre (US liter), Lolita, maltreater, margarita, meter, metre, Peta, praetor (US pretor), repeater, Rita, saltpetre (US saltpeter), secretor, Senhorita, señorita, Sita, skeeter, teeter, theta, treater, tweeter, ureter, veleta, zeta Definition of terra incognita in US English: terra incognita noun Unknown or unexplored territory. the traveler is moving now through terra incognita figurative one actor's familiar world is another's terra incognita Example sentencesExamples If the anomaly is an indication of new physics, finding its origin might change our understanding of the laws of nature at a very basic level and turn our cosmic backyard into the new terra incognita. When he reached the Nuyts archipelago, named for the seventeenth-century Dutch navigator who had travelled that far but then turned south, and near the present-day town of Ceduna, Flinders was entering terra incognita. Since the end of the 19th century, however, little research has been undertaken, and Portugal's haphazard vineyards have remained terra incognita, not just to outsiders but to the vine-growers themselves. When Scott and his men walked out onto the ice, they stepped onto terra incognita; it was a place so remote and challenging that in the 18th century Captain Cook had declared no man would ever cross it. She sees prospects for growth in the ties between the two countries, but at the same acknowledges that for many Dutch business people, Bulgaria is still terra incognita. Even for many classical music lovers, music from before the time of Johann Sebastian Bach is terra incognita; there's so much of it, and where does one start? Giles was the last European to explore vast regions of unmapped desert in Central Australia, what the nineteenth century referred to as terra incognita. The last sentence, evoking the work's unprotected fall into ‘public domain,’ asserts that outside the walls of copyright lies only terra incognita. We were setting out into terra incognita, marked only by blank spaces on the maps, drawn by the magnet of our ambition as explorers. When Thomas Jefferson sent young Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery to survey the lands beyond the Mississippi, the West was terra incognita. My search for tramps has taken a side trip into terra incognita. At this stage, however, we are still largely treading on terra incognita. The reality is, we don't really know with any certainty - we are in terra incognita, and we're really not sure what the rules are. Even though she had a high school diploma in economics she did not have much confidence about doing the job because it was terra incognita for her. Compared with rovers hobbling over all kinds of terra incognita, unmanned flying machines could peruse much more of a planet and do it faster, say Colozza and other proponents of flying robots. Humans have been crossing deserts by camel for millennia, sailing seas for a thousand years, climbing mountains for a hundred - the sky is the last great terra incognita for adventurers. The pleasure of this book for me, in addition to such stimulating detail, is that the Holy Roman Empire on the cusp of the 17th century is terra incognita, to be approached with a fresh eye. That's one way to look at it, because Nevada is terra incognita, a place where a person with four-wheel drive and sturdy boots can actually explore, seeing and doing things that have never been seen or done before. The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland were terra incognita to almost all Englishmen, and most Lowland Scots. Hence, large tracts of the North-Central Norwegian Caledonides are practically terra incognita with respect to late- to post-orogenic structural development. Origin Latin, ‘unknown land’.
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