la
/tɛʁ/
Translation
earth, ground, land
Word origin
From Latin terra ('earth, land, ground').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- terra
- English cognates
- terrain, territory, terrestrial
Grammar
Examples
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The children played in the soil all day.
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He fell to the ground in front of the house door.
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The Earth goes around the Sun in one year.
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My grandfather works the soil from sunrise onwards.
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The plane finally touched down after a long flight.
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