Terra firma
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Terra firma is a Latin phrase meaning "solid earth" (from terra "earth" and firma "solid"). The phrase refers to the dry land mass
on the earth's surface and is used to differentiate from the sea or air.
Terra Firma may also refer to:
Land mass
Land mass refers to the total area of a country or geographical region . The Earth's total land mass is which is about 29.2% of its total surface. Water covers approximately 70.8% of the Earth's surface, mostly in the form of oceans....
on the earth's surface and is used to differentiate from the sea or air.
Terra Firma may also refer to:
- Terra Firma (band)Terra Firma (band)Terra Firma is a Swedish stoner metal band which was formed by Fredrik Lindgren after leaving Unleashed and with Lord Chritus a.k.a. Christian Lindersson, who used to sing in the Swedish band Count Raven and Los Angeles based band Saint Vitus. Terra Firma would later break up and Fredrik would...
, a Swedish metal band - Terra Firma Capital PartnersTerra Firma Capital PartnersTerra Firma Capital Partners Ltd is a leading U.K.-based private equity firm, best known for its failed investment in British music company EMI. Financier Guy Hands founded the firm in 2002 through the spin-off of Nomura Principal Finance Group...
, a British private equity firm - Terra Firma (Tommy Emmanuel album)Terra Firma (Tommy Emmanuel album)Terra Firma is an album by Australian musician Tommy Emmanuel and his brother, Phil Emmanuel.It was re-released by Sony International along with Determination in 2004.-Track listing:# "Back on the Terra Firma"# "Love Gone West"...
, a 1995 album by Australian musician Tommy Emmanuel - Terra Firma (Wolfstone album)Terra Firma (Wolfstone album)Terra Firma is the eighth album by Scottish Celtic rock group Wolfstone. It was released in 2007. It saw Ross Hamilton take over lead vocals, only for him to leave the band a few months later....
, a 2007 album by Scottish band Wolfstone - Terra Firma, a 2000 album by the British electronic duo Sounds From The GroundSounds From The GroundSounds From The Ground is an English electronic music duo formed in 1995. Both members Nick Woolfson and Elliot Jones met through their involvement with the underground music scene in London.-Career:...
- "Terra Firma", a 1987 song by CrumbächerCrumbächerCrumbächer was an American Christian new wave and synthpop band in the 1980s, headed by Stephen Crumbächer.-History:After five years of friendship, Stephen Crumbächer, Dawn Wisner and Jim Wisner played their first performance as Crumbächer at a New Year's Eve show in 1983...
- "Terra Firma", a 2001 song by DeleriumDeleriumDelerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly...
- "Terra Firma", a 2007 song by The Young KnivesThe Young KnivesYoung Knives are an English indie rock band from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. The name is based on a misunderstanding of "young knaves", which was found by the band when rummaging through a book....
- "Terra Firma", an episode in the fourth season of the television series Farscape
- Another name for one of the stages in Super Smash Bros. BrawlSuper Smash Bros. BrawlSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, known in Japan as , often abbreviated as SSBB or simply as Brawl, is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series of crossover fighting games, developed by an ad hoc development team consisting of Sora, Game Arts and staff from other developers, and published by...