terra incognita

Dictionary: terra in·cog·ni·ta (ĭn'kŏg-nē'tə, -kŏg'nĭ-tə) pronunciation

n., pl., terrae in·cog·ni·tae (ĭn'kŏg-nē'tē, -kŏg'nĭ-tē').

An unknown land; an unexplored region: "a vast and virtually final terra incognita left to terrestrial explorers" (David F. Salisbury).
A new or unexplored field of knowledge.

[New Latin : Latin terra, land + incognita, feminine of incognitus, unknown.]

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An unknown land.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an unknown and unexplored region
Synonyms: unknown, unknown region

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