terra
noun
earth; land.
terras
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pluralof terra.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He began again, starting with Juno’s unforgiving cruelty, sweeping into the cave of winds, and finally breaking into the storm: ruunt et terras turbine perflant.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
It was the voice of warning which he ever heard repeating to him the words— Heu, fuge crudeles terras, fuge litus avarum687.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. Sellar
The veranda, or terras, bade fair to become a perpetual joy to us.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd
At the termination of the rainy season in March, it was generally about two-thirds full, supplied from the flat roof or terras during the rainy season.
From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by James Grey Jackson
Canoemen on the Upper Amazons live in constant dread of the "terras cahidas," or landslips, which occasionally take place along the steep earthy banks, especially when the waters are rising.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates
