terra incognita

Example Sentences

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The kitchen floor suddenly terra incognita, Jack looked to me across the table for help.

From The Wall Street Journal

The search for terra incognita can explain the explosion, in the 20th century, of science fiction and magical realism.

From The Wall Street Journal

The old maps of the body had the equivalent of major roads and significant geography but also areas cartographers labelled unknown or “terra incognita”.

From BBC

This is really quite intriguing as we do not know much about these parts of the genome; our work shows there is benefit in exploring further this genetic terra incognita.'

From Science Daily

Let them believe that the Puget Sound region is terra incognita and perhaps they won’t come out here.

From Seattle Times