Terra

Terra may often refer to:

• Terra (mythology), primeval Roman goddess
• An alternate name for planet Earth, as well as the Latin name for the planet

Terra may also refer to:

Geography

Astronomy

• Terra (satellite), a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite
• Terrae, extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies
  • List of terrae on Mars
  • List of terrae on Venus
  • Terra, a highland on the Moon (Luna)
• Terrestrial (disambiguation), things related to land or the planet Earth

Latin and other

• Terra Australis (southern land), hypothetical continent appearing on maps from the 15th to the 18th century
• Terra incognita, unknown land, for regions that have not been mapped or documented
• Terra nullius, land belonging to no one, nobody's land, empty or desolate land
• Terra preta ("black earth"), a type of dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin

Places

• Terra, Cyprus, a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus
• Terra Alta, West Virginia, a former coal town in Preston County

Nature

• Terra (butterfly), genus
• TERRA (biology), TElomeric Repeat-containing RNA: RNA resulting from telomere transcription

People

Given name

• Terra Deva (born 1976), American actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, and former Mickey Mouse Club member
• Terra Findlay (born 1990), Canadian ice dancer
• Terra Hazelton, Canadian broadcaster, jazz musician, and actress
• Terra Jolé (born 1980), reality television personality
• Terra Lawson-Remer (born 1978)