Definition of terra
terrae
play \-(ˌ)ē, -ˌī\: any of the relatively light-colored highland areas on the surface of the moon or a planet
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The city began requiring scaffolding as part of a 1980 city law that established regular inspections of building facades after a college student was killed by a chunk of terra cotta that fell from an apartment house.
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New varieties are now available with flower colors in pinks, reds and terra cotta.
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And so BKSK exercised the architect’s prerogative to enshrine what time erodes, translating the cast foliage designs of the 19th century into contemporary digital abstractions molded in glazed terra-cotta.
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Come evening, climb the spiral staircase to the belfry of San Francisco Javier church, a particularly gorgeous (and economical, at €1/$1.14 admission) perch to watch the sunset over the terra cotta rooftops.
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Understandably, Beaumont has abandoned water in favor of terra firma for his latest, and perhaps toughest, challenge of all.
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Back on terra firma the Wilshire Grand meets the ground awkwardly.
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The ornate terra cotta entrance connecting the apartment’s two towers contrasts the brown patches of grass along the parkway and casually dressed men standing outside the building.
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These ideas certainly predated The Secret Circle, but L.J. Smith grounded 70’s California New Agery in the chilly, pragmatic, no nonsense terra firma of Massachusetts.
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Origin and Etymology of terra
New Latin, from Latin, land
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