terra incognita

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an unknown and unexplored region“they came like angels out the unknown”Synonyms: unknownunknown regionterra incognita
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Terra incognita \Ter"ra in*cog"ni*ta\ [L.] An unknown land; unexplored country.

The enormous tracts lying outside China proper, still almost terrae incognitae. --A. R. Colquhoun. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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