Terra
Appearance
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
- Terra Grayson, a female character from Invincible
Books
[edit]- Terra (German science fiction), a science fiction series published by Arthur Moewig Verlag, Munich
- The Terra Trilogy, a series of 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
- 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 (Live), an album by TeRra Han
- La Terra (album), by Aktuala
- "Terra", song by Geordie Greep from the 2024 album The New Sound
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
- SEAT Terra, a van variant of the SEAT Marbella