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
"Postera Phoeba lustrabat lampade terras," continued Brother Emmanuel, inexorably running his horny finger-nail beneath the line, "humentemque Aurora polo dimoverat umbram—" the lesson dragged along.
From Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
She is emphatically addressed as a Power, present through all the world,— Caeli subter labentia signa Quae mare navigerum quae terras frugiferentis Concelebras.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
The version of Pipino, "ad Lucis terras finitimas deferunt," points to the true reading;—Carte is an error for Clarté.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
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
