Terra is a word meaning Earth, but also may refer to:
- Terra, a currency proposed by economist Bernard Lietaer.
- TERRA, a brand of root vegetable chips manufactured by the Hain Celestial Group
- TËЯRA, a Bemani in-house musical group
- Terra (butterfly), a butterfly genus
- Terra (computer game), a computer role-playing game
- Terra Constructum (company), Terra Constructum, U.K., a construction company headquartered in England
- Terra-Gruppen, a chain of Norwegian savings banks
- TerraLab Laboratory Equipment & Wear Manufacturing & Trading Co., headquartered in Turkey
- Terra (mythology), a primeval Roman goddess, also known as Tellus or Tellus Mater (Earth Mother)
- Terra Naomi, a musician and recognized YouTube user for her songs
- Terra: The Nature of Our World, a video podcast about science and the environment.
- Terra Networks, S.A., an Internet company headquartered in Spain
In astronomy:
- The Latin name for the planet Earth. It is the standard used to mark Earth on language-independent starmaps.
- Terra (satellite), a research satellite launched by NASA in 1999
- In planetary nomenclature, terrae are extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies.[1]
- List of terrae on Mars
- Terra on the Moon
In fiction:
- Terra refers to Earth in many fictional universes
- Terra (film), a 2008 animated film by Aristomenis Tsirbas
- Holy Terra is the name of Earth in the of Warhammer 40,000 universe
- Terra (BattleTech) is the capital of the Terran Alliance and its successor the Terran Hegemony
- Terra (comics), a DC Comics character involved with the Teen Titans
- Terra Branford, a fictional character from the video game Final Fantasy VI
- Terra, a "Ra-Seru" worn by Noa in the PlayStation game Legend of Legaia
- The Planet Terra is a fictional planet from the video game Final Fantasy IX
- TERRA is the name of the anti-MU defense force in the anime RahXephon
- Terra is the name of an Earthlike planet in the original version of Battlestar Galactica (1978)
See also
References
- ^ Blue, Jennifer (July 5, 2007). Descriptor Terms (Feature Types). Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved on 2007-07-05.
