Complete Definition of "terra incognita"

English

Etymology
Latin: terra, land; incognita, unknown.

Noun
terra incognita

  1. land that has never been explored or mapped; chart|uncharted territory.
  2. by extension, ideas or concepts that have not yet been tried or explored.

Related terms
incognition
virgin territory

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