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terra firma: solid earth: Often used to refer to the ground terra incognita: unknown land terra nova: new land: Latin name of Newfoundland (island portion of Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, capital- St. John's), also root of French name of same, Terre-Neuve terra nullius: land of none: That is, no man's land. A neutral or ...
The Terra Firma Islands were roughly surveyed by the British Graham Land expedition (BGLE) under John Rymill in 1936. [5] The name "Terra Firma Island" was applied to the largest island (Alamode Island), because a BGLE depot-laying party camped there following the break-up of sea ice, but the name Terra Firma Islands was later applied to the whole group.
During Spain's New World Empire, its mainland coastal possessions surrounding the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico were referred to collectively as the Spanish Main.The southern portion of these coastal possessions were known as the Province of Tierra Firme (Spanish: Provincia de Tierra Firme), or the "Mainland Province" (as contrasted with Spain's nearby insular colonies).
Terra firma ("solid earth" in Latin) may refer to: Solid earth, the planet's solid surface and its interior; Terra firma forest, moist tropical forest that does not get seasonally flooded; Terrafirma, the mainland territories of the Republic of Venice; Terra Firma Capital Partners, a private equity firm
Solid earth refers to "the earth beneath our feet" or terra firma, the planet's solid surface and its interior. [1]: v [2]: 1 It excludes the Earth's fluid envelopes, the atmosphere and hydrosphere (but includes the ocean basin), as well as the biosphere and interactions with the Sun.
Tim John Robert Pryce (born 1 July 1965) is an English businessman and previous CEO of Terra Firma Capital Partners, a leading European private equity investment firm, and one of its founding members. Pryce is also on the board of the General Partners as well as part of Terra Firma's management committee.
Terra Firma later broke up and Lindgren started a new band called Harms Way. Terra Firma also featured the band members Izmo Hedlund on drums and Nico Moosebeach on bass, who later moved onto Entombed. The band recorded two albums, a couple of vinyl singles and appeared on a couple of compilation CDs and split 7-inch vinyl.
Tierra Firme may refer to: . Province of Tierra Firme, 16th century Spanish colony; Tierra Firme, a 2011 album by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi; Tierra Firme F.C., a Panamanian football team