Terra Incognita Definition

ĭnkŏg-nētə, -kŏgnĭ-tə
terra-incognita
noun
An unknown land; unexplored territory.
Webster's New World
An unknown or unexplored field of knowledge.
Webster's New World

By extension, ideas or concepts that have not yet been tried or explored.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • unknown region
  • unknown
  • unexplored field of knowledge
  • unfamiliar territory
  • unknown land

Origin of Terra Incognita

  • New Latin Latin terra land Latin incognita feminine of incognitus unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin: terra, land; incognita, unknown.

    From Wiktionary

Terra Incognita Sentence Examples

  • Some of Rodríguez ' case-studies go some way toward exploring this question, but it pretty well remains terra incognita within terra obscura.

  • It is still sort of terra incognita we have to cope with.

  • The symmetrically placed hypothetical islands in the great continuousocean disappeared, and the oekumene acquired a new form by the representation of the Indian Ocean as a larger Mediterranean completely cut off by land from the Atlantic. The terra incognita uniting Africa and Farther Asia was an unfortunate hypothesis which helped to retard exploration.

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