terra incognita

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

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

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