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

  • Han Terra (born 1981), South Korean musician and inventor
  • 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), American politician, economist, and professor
  • Terra Lightfoot (born 1986), Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
  • Terra Naomi (born 1974), American musician and singer-songwriter
  • Terra Ryzing, one of the names given to professional wrestler Triple H
  • Terra Wellington, American actress
  • Terra Ziporyn (born 1958), American writer and novelist

Surname

Terra (Earth or land in Italian and Portuguese languages) is a Portuguese or Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Daniel J. Terra (1911–1996), scientist, businessman, and art collector
  • Gabriel Terra (1873–1942), Uruguayan president
  • Josse van Aertrycke (1451–1546), Flemish nobleman who settled in the Azores, Portugal, and had his name translated to Jorge da Terra
  • Osmar Terra (born 1950) Brazilian politician and physician

Fictional characters

  • Terra, a playable Goddess in Smite as a Roman Guardian
  • Terra (Kingdom Hearts), a character from the Kingdom Hearts video game series
  • Terra (character), the name of three characters in DC Comics
  • Terra, a character from the Philippine fantasy drama series Encantadia Chronicles: Sang'gre
  • Terra, a character from the video game Mega Man V
  • Terra Branford, a female character from Final Fantasy VI
  • Terra Grayson, a character from Invincible

Books

  • Terra (German science fiction), a science fiction series published by Arthur Moewig Verlag, Munich
  • The Terra Trilogy, a series of novels by Mitch Benn, consisting of Terra (2013), Terra's World (2014) and Terra's War (2021)
  • Terra Nostra (novel) (Our Earth), a 1975 historical novel on Hispanic history by Mexican author Carlos Fuentes

Film and television

  • Terra Film, German film company
  • La Terra (film), 2006 Italian film
  • Battle for Terra, a 2007 science fiction animated film originally screened as Terra
  • Terra, in the anime RahXephon

Games

  • Terra (video game), 1996
  • Terra, a fictional universe in Final Fantasy IX
  • Terra, a fictional planet in Crash Nitro Kart (2003)

Music

  • Terra (band), a Japanese band
  • Terra (Cronian album)
  • Terra (Mariza album)
  • Terra (Jenni Vartiainen album)
  • TeRra (Live), an album by TeRra Han
  • La Terra (album), by Aktuala
  • "Terra", song by Geordie Greep from the 2024 album The New Sound

Business and brands

  • Terra (proposed currency), proposed global currency
  • Terra (blockchain), a blockchain on which the TerraUSD and Luna cryptocurrencies are built
  • Terra Chips, a food brand owned by Hain Celestial Group
  • Terra-Gruppen, Norwegian savings banks
  • Terra (company), Spanish multinational media and internet company
  • Nissan Terra, a sport utility vehicle manufactured by Nissan Motor Corporation
  • SEAT Terra, a van variant of the SEAT Marbella
  • Scout Terra, an electric pick-up truck manufactured by Scout Motors

See also

  • Tellus (disambiguation)
  • Tera (disambiguation)
  • Terra Alta (disambiguation)
  • Terra Nova (disambiguation)
  • Terrain
  • Terran (disambiguation)
  • Territory