The Latin equivalent of 'May peace prevail on earth' is Pax in terra vinceat. In the word-by-word translation, the noun 'pax' means 'peace'. The preposition 'in' means 'in'. The noun 'terra' means 'earth'. The verb 'vinceat' means '[he/she/it] may prevail'.
The Latin feminine noun terra means land, ground, earth, soil, country or region.
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"Terraced" is from Latin terra "earth."
You have that backwards. "Terra" is the root word -- Latin for "earth" or "land." "Terrestrial" means of or on the land or earth. This is also where we get "terra firma," firm earth; "terrier," a dog that burrows into the earth; "terrain," the lay of the earth; "territory," an area of earth; and Terre Haute, Indiana.
Apogee:"point at which the moon is farthest from the earth," 1590s, from Fr. apogée, from L. apogæum, from Gk. apogaion, neut. adj., "away from the earth," a term from Ptolemaic astronomy, from apo "off, away" (see http://wiki.answers.com/index.php?term=apo-) + gaia/ge "earth."Perigee:"point at which a celestial body is nearest the Earth," 1594, from Mod.L. perigeum (15c.), from Late Gk. peregeion,used by Ptolemy as a noun, properly neut. of adj. perigeios"near the earth," from peri ges, from peri "near" + ges, gen. of ge "earth."
May Peace Prevail on Earth
The Latin word geometria means to measure the earth.
No. The Latin word for earth is terra.
The Latin word for Earth is Terra.
It means "of the earth".
The Latin feminine noun terra means land, ground, earth, soil, country or region.
The Terrier group of dogs take their name from a Latin word for 'earth'. One of the Latin equivalents of the English word 'earth' is Terra. The Latin noun refers to earth in both senses, as the ground and as the planet.
Terra is the Latin word for 'earth' Terrarium is a container of earth and plants
Beautiful earth translated from English to Latin is pulchra terram. Terram also means land in Latin and pulchra means beautiful.
The World Peace Prayer Society's motto is 'May Peace Prevail On Earth'.
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