terra incognita
an unknown or unexplored land, region, or subject.
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The logician Kurt Gödel proved the existence of such mathematical terra incognita nearly a century ago.
How the Slowest Computer Programs Illuminate Math’s Fundamental Limits | John Pavlus | December 10, 2020 | Quanta MagazineAlthough many thousands know well the district of the Broads, yet to the bulk of people it is still a terra incognita.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.Such theories were possible only when the whole of totemic culture was as yet a terra incognita.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtThe materials of which they were composed were mostly terra incognita to us, but some of them tasted very nice.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyThis terra incognita, at the period of which we speak, was El Dorado to the European imagination.
The Lily and the Totem | William Gilmore Simms
Until very recently, Mexico was properly described as terra incognita.
British Dictionary definitions for terra incognita
/ Latin (ˈtɛrə ɪnˈkɒɡnɪtə) /
an unexplored or unknown land, region, or area for study
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