terra incognita
(ter′ə in käg′ni tə)
- an unknown land; unexplored territory
- an unknown or unexplored field of knowledge
Origin:
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See terra incognita in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. terrae in·cog·ni·tae (ĭnˌkŏg-nēˈtē, -kŏgˈnĭ-tēˌ) - An unknown land; an unexplored region: “a vast and virtually final terra incognita left to terrestrial explorers” (David F. Salisbury).
- A new or unexplored field of knowledge.
Origin:
Origin: New Latin
Origin: : Latin terra, land
Origin: + incognita
Origin: , feminine of incognitus, unknown
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