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terrae incognitae

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terra in·cog·ni·ta   (ĭn'kŏg-nē'tə, -kŏg'nĭ-tə)   
n.   pl. terrae in·cog·ni·tae (ĭn'kŏg-nē'tē, -kŏg'nĭ-tē')
  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.


[New Latin : Latin terra, land + incognita, feminine of incognitus, unknown.]
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