terra incognita. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

terra incognita

SYLLABICATION:	terra in·cog·ni·ta
PRONUNCIATION:	nkg-nt, -kgn-t
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. terrae in·cog·ni·tae (nkg-nt, -kgn-t) 1. An unknown land; an unexplored region: “a vast and virtually final terra incognita left to terrestrial explorers” (David F. Salisbury). 2. A new or unexplored field of knowledge.
ETYMOLOGY:	New Latin : Latin terra, land + incognita, feminine of incognitus, unknown.


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