Terra
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Terra may mean:
- Terra (mythology), a primeval Roman goddess, also known as Tellus or Tellus Mater (Earth Mother), the Greek equivalent being Gaia.
- Terra (company), Terra Networks, S.A., an Internet company headquartered in Spain
- Terra (computer game), a computer role-playing game
- Terra: The Nature of Our World, a video podcast about science and the environment.
- TERRA, a brand of root vegetable chips manufactured by the Hain Celestial Group
- TËЯRA, a Bemani in-house musical group
In astronomy:
- The Latin name for the planet Earth. It is the standard used to mark Earth on language-independent starmaps.
- Terra (satellite), a research satellite launched by NASA in 1999
- In planetary nomenclature, terrae are extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies. See:
In fiction:
- Commonly used in science fiction, typically as the name of humanity's homeworld, instead of "Earth", particularly in science fiction which has an interstellar human government with Earth at its core (examples: the Terran Confederation from Wing Commander, the Terran Federation(s) (from Starfire and Starship Troopers, respectively), the Terran Alliance and its successor, the Terran Hegemony, from BattleTech, and the Terran Empire from the Star Trek mirror universe. Also, other alien races occasionally refer to Earth as Terra (and its inhabitants Terrans) in the Star Trek universe.
- Terra is the name of an Earthlike planet in the original version of Battlestar Galactica.
- Terra Branford is a fictional character from the video game Final Fantasy VI.
- The Planet Terra is a 'fictional planet from the video game Final Fantasy IX.
- Terrans are the humans in the computer game Starcraft.
- Terra is the "Ra-Seru" worn by Noa in the Sony Playstation game Legend of Legaia.
- Holy Terra is the name of Earth in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000.
- Terra (comics), a DC Comics character involved with the Teen Titans
